Sunday 3rd August- We go home today

It started to rain overnight and when we awoke it was a really grey morning. To take photos in this light would be rather pointless and so I will leave that till next time we visit.

We needed to buy some diesel for the car and as we wished to avoid the motorway to Le Havre which meant using local petrol stations which cab be difficult when the car and caravan combine to about 13 metres.

So we headed off in to Moyaux and found the place was jam packed with a fairground and people and cars and general chaos. If we had taken the car and caravan we would be caught in or created a huge jam and so we were pleased to have taken this trip.

We left the site and used the back roads to escape and headed to Le Havre Port where we arrived in goodly time for our ferry at 17.00 hrs. We have not been on LD lines before and generally they were quite good although we missed a good sit down type restaurant as they on had a tray service and the food was iffy.

We arrived at Portsmouth Harbour in the rain and as two ferries arrived at virtually the same time their was total and utter chaos in the immigration area.

We finally arrived home at about 11.30 pm and put the caravan on the drive and went inside for a cup of tea and bed

We have enjoyed this first caravan holiday immensely and we have considered to go back to France in September and visit the Normandy beaches and graveyards. But first we must get the house straight and that depends on a Building officer approval on the house.

Well that’s the end of the French BLOG for the moment as we will be engaged in housework etc for next couple of weeks.