Good drive up to Portsmouth. I’d planned for us to have fish and chips at Portsmouth overlooking the water but Paul said he would prefer a sandwich so we ended up with a Tesco sandwich eaten in the Tesco car park, not quite the same.
Ferry was very quiet, only 6 artics and a dozen cars plus a caravan and us. Only 5 dogs including Lottie, fortunately all lovely dogs. We sat outside for an hour before the sea mist came down and then you couldn’t see a thing. Lottie wasn’t very settled during the crossing, wanting to go out every 5 mins but then wanting to come in. Paul did throw a towel at her at one point when she was whinging (not to hit her of course) – it did the trick for a while as she leapt onto my lap and put her head down!
Paul and I took it in turns to go and have a hot meal in the cafe, with me going first. I didn’t buy a dessert as I knew I couldn’t eat a whole dessert, and I knew Paul was going to have the ‘meal deal’ where he got a main course and a dessert for a fixed price, so I was looking forward to him bringing back half a dessert – hopefully the apricot tart which is my favourite. Off he went and after a while came back, empty handed. Didn’t you have a dessert I said, oh yes, he said, an apricot tart 😳 Which he had eaten all to himself 🙁.
As there were so few of us on the ferry it was a quick exit through customs, and we were on the road straight away.
Found our aire in Honfleur quite easily. It’s a big aire which holds about 200 vans and it was rammed. We drove around and eventually parked on the end of a row, and paid our 11e for 24 hours. Most vans were French with a couple of English, Irish, Dutch and Spanish. Probably going to cycle into Honfleur tomorrow and have a look around.
2019 Autumn follow the sun 