Coronation channel crossing

So, after a long ride to Portsmouth we caught the 10.45 pm ferry to Caen. There was a Coronation Disco in the bar and a carboard cutout of Charles in the vestibule... we watched a hoard of pre-teen french school kids do the makarena and a congo in the bar before retiring for side to side rolling and no sleep. And then the 5 am wakening by the Brittany folk music...
But off we went south . Kate broke her European driving duck and drove the van for a hundred miles or so , including a jaunt down a motorway storm drain that we only just escaped with our roof intact...it will become dinner table folklore.
After a visit to a medieval castle, we ended up in Montbazan , just south of Tours. And the heavens opened and washed away a very large car boot sale on the other side of the river. And also a wedding reception in a big marquee.
But then the sun came out and we went for a stroll to the town before wine and hotdogs beside the van. Great to be back in France.Read more