Twas quite a rolling sea but our cabin was well aft so peaceful despite sliding about in the bunks. At 06:00 the wakey-wakey announcement comes over the tannoy in French, English and Spanish. We get a coffee in self service and watch the familiar shapes of Port du Bloscon [Roscoff] hove into view. Disembarkation goes well but at passport control Ali is checked for a second look due to her recent hairstyling being much shorter than the photo. It is showery and...

After all the frustrations and delays of the last few months we finally start another trip. We leave home at 14:00, way earlier than necessary, for a showery drive to Plymouth. Today, because we have time, we use the Torpoint ferry instead of the bridge. There is no queuing and we are in Plymouth before the rush hour begins, arriving at the terminal at 16:00. Even this early there are vehicles already here. Dinner is a reheated stew from home eaten as the ra...

All ready to leave, we pass the mailbox key to the neighbours and say goodbye. We set off and Mary Lou is rolling along fine but a mile or so down the road Nick notices the electric parking brake switch is 'on'. Normally it wouldn't even move with the brake on, We pull into a pub car park to check, and find it's all working but not holding on the incline. We phone the garage and despite being chock full of pre Christmas work they offer to help. Attempts at ...