The alarm woke the whole house at 5.30am. And I couldn\u2019t find my phone to turn the screeching thing off! Sorry Nick and Ems. But we were up and away early to catch the morning ferry to France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019re sailing from Poole to Cherbourg. There was hardly anyone in the queue when we arrived, and hardly anyone on board. There were quite a few motorbikes and cycle tourists though (seems we have started a trend!).
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It was a beautiful calm crossing, but in our madness of packing up, we forgot to make sandwiches. And we were both so hungry. So we succumbed to the overpriced meals on board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I just wanted a sandwich but this wasn\u2019t an option, only a meal. And I think we have made this mistake before. The meals were absolutely disgusting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike ordered the beef bourginon for us to share, but it tasted suspiciously like kidney and I couldn\u2019t eat it. So I ordered a burger instead but it was so disgusting I couldn\u2019t eat it either. Only the French could fuck up a burger! So I ate the chips, which were surprisingly ok! We must start eating healthier.
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5 hours later we arrived in Cherbourg, and set off down the coast. We stopped at the campground we stayed at last time, as we needed to fill up our water and wash our sheets, but it was a sad old place with rusted caravans and looked more like a scrapyard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So we ditched that idea and headed further down the coast and found a nice freedom camp overlooking the ocean. We took a short stroll along the beach and watched most of the sun set. Then scurried back to the van before we got too cold. We settled down for a game of Uno (Mike won) then Monopoly Deal (He also won) before deciding I had taken enough abuse and it was time for bed.
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We rolled out our sheets, preparing for the worst, having sat around all winter in the van, but they were ok. Just a little bit smelly, but tolerable. We were so tired we didn\u2019t care! We\u2019ll find a laundromat tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The alarm woke the whole house at 5.30am. And I couldn\u2019t find my phone to turn the screeching thing off! Sorry Nick and Ems. But we were up and away early to catch the morning ferry to France. We\u2019re sailing … Continue reading