Day one 24th June
Set off from Billingham about 11.00, every thing going well, the Wetherby racecourse bypass is now fully functional and we are making good headway. Unfortunately the Selby bypass is still restricted to 50 mph but looks like it will be fully open soon (mind it did last month as well). As soon as we leave Yorkshire the A1 deteriorates (roundabouts on a major road, ridiculous, these are the first since the end of our road 160 K back) and the weather turns nasty, heavy rain. Then we get caught in a traffic jam for about 45mins where resurfacing work is being done near Newark. We eventually arrive in Peterborough at 15.00. The plan is to have time with our new granddaughter before continuing on to Dover for the 05.00 Seafrance ferry, booked in March for £67.00 one way to Calais, we will be retuning via P&O Zeebrugge – Hull, thus avoiding the long drag back through England.
Granddaughter Amber is beautiful and doing well, she cries ever time I hold her but she loves Dot and lays on her for hours. Part of the plan was for me to have a nap as we will be up all night but as always happens to me, if I try to get to sleep it never happens but I did get some rest I suppose.
We leave Peterborough just after 10.00 (a bit early but I like to be in plenty of time). Made very good time so we pull over at the last service area on the M20, set the alarm on the phone and again, try to have a couple of hours sleep, probably did but didn't seem like it, the car park was a bit busy. We eventually arrived at the port on time, I think this is a first, we are usually very early.
The Seafrance ferry is a bit French, all very arty, everything is designed to look good but I found it to be very uncomfortable, food not bad though.
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