Awake at 06:30. By 07:30 we are ready to make our way to the ferry port. Check in and boarding goes smoothly and as soon as Pont Aven has cast off and we have waved goodbye to France we go to the restaurant for breakfast. The journey is pleasant, most of the time out on deck in the sunshine until Plymouth hoves into view at 12:30. An hour later we disembark, clear border control and head for home. The only blight is on the Liskeard bypass. As we get a...

After weeks of wondering if we'd be fit again the day has come. Final packing done and house sorted out before we leave at midday. We receive a Royal send off from the neighbours waving union flags as we drive away. A quick detour to Asda for fuel and we're on our way. Clear traffic for most of the journey. Stopped near Sourton for lunch then near Ringwood for a drink. Arrived Paulton's Park campsite 17:15. Met by Dick&Jan who had reserved the...

We leave the final stop over at Cancale at 09:35 and drive directly to the ferry terminal at St. Malo. Check-in is open and we don't have to queue, but for the first time ever our passports are checked three times, once by Brittany Ferries, then by Douane, then finally by the Border Police. There is the obligatory wait inside the assembly lanes and then we are directed onto the ship. Yesterday we had a text informing us that for operational reasons Armorique w...