woke at 4.30 am full of anxiety but lay quietly until 6 when Louise woke. At least David had recovered. Got all our gear packed and got off on our planned ETD of 8am. We made good time and got to the services just before Bristol by 10.25.
Stayed only to feed and water and got away at 11am, left the M4 10 minutes later and then ... crowded roads, village bottlenecks, roadworks, Louise needing a wee. Jo was very raggy and didn't sleep, both of them had colds, the grizzling adding to the tension in the car. Touch and go whether we got to the boat in time - eventually we were saved by the last few miles to Portsmouth being motorway and got there with 10 minutes to spare.
We were late into Le Havre because of a wreath laying ceremony halfway across which fascinated the girls and prompted the usual unanswerable questions from Louise.
It was late by the time we got to the campsite and we started to put up the tent which was beginning to look as though it had 10 sides and twice as many poles as when we packed it. We had an audience of experienced campers eating leisurely evening meals and loving the unexpected entertainment. Joanna wouldn't stop crying, and a woman in a caravan offered to look after them while we wrestled the tent into something resembling shelter and it was 11pm before we were ready enough to put them to bed. Only then did a jobsworth rock up and tell us we'd pitched in the wrong place and would have to move - did we? did we 'eck as like!
Expenses £
Petrol 4.00
Services 0.97
book 0.95
Expenses Francs
lunch on boat 26.00
dinner on boat 20.00
Cigarettes 4.00
Site fees 12.00
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