Back across (or under) the Channel

Gareth woke up this morning with his left hand resembling King Charles’ from some mosquito bites that had swollen up quite badly, not a great way to be when you’ve still got a fair bit of driving to do, but luckily I’m pretty well equipped with pills and potions for this after spending a fortune in Montpellier on anything I could find to relieve the burning, itching and swelling!

After having our fill of our last delicious continental breakfast (again, they’ve all been excellent!) We loaded the car and headed to Cite Europe shopping centre. We popped to the supermarket for a couple of goodies to take home and had a look in a few shops, but decided to head to the tunnel terminal a bit early to see if we could get an earlier train back. We managed to check-in to one a little earlier than we’d booked (we could’ve gone on an even earlier one if we paid a bit extra, but we weren’t that desperate to get back to England!) so we headed to the terminal to get some duty free and a drink. By this time Elliott, who isn’t really a breakfast person, had decided he was hungry and had spotted Burger King, so he had what he described as “the best burger ever because it’s before 12:00!” to keep him going for the next part of the journey.

It was a lot quieter than it had been on the way over so we didn’t have to queue for long before we boarded the train to head back under the channel.

Elliott's burger count
Beef: 7
Chicken: 1Read more