An early starts and we left the |Hotel around 0900 and took the road back to Calais. In Holland there had been a car breakdown in a tunnel which meant they stopped the traffic for about 20 minutes which put behind schedule a bit.
We arrived close to Calais at around 1 pm and then went to a restaurant which was known to our friends and had a really excellent lunch and a small glass of wine. After that we made a trip down to the Auchan Hypermarket where we did some shopping for wine and other stuff before heading back to the ferry and again we caught an earlier one than planned.
This earlier ferry was one of P & O new large car ferries and quite frankly we don't like it. There is nowhere where you can find a quiet and comfortable place to sit, even the Club lounge and some noisy kids in it.
If we go on the ferry again we will most certainly avoid this ship like the plague.. It was so packed with coach passengers that many people could not find a seat?
We were expecting a huge delay at Dover but thank god that did not happen and although we drove in some rain we got back to Weybridge around 7.30 pm.
This was a really great trip and I think we shall do again
