So we are home. We got up at sparrowfart this morning and were ready to leave the campsite by 09:00 - we couldn't leave before as we hadn't paid and reception doesn't open until 9. It was only just over half an hour to Eurotunnel, so we were early and went to the service station in Cité Europe to buy us much diesel as we were allowed. It is still a great deal cheaper than in the UK, despite price rises caused by the shortage. Petrol, however, is dearer than here.
When we got to the check-in, they offered us a crossing half an hour earlier than our booked time. So we accepted for 11:20, and went to the car park to wait. They called us to go through in what would have been good time for a 10:50 crossing, so we were hopeful, but then when we got to the holding area the signs said it would be 21 minutes before boarding! So we were not very impressed, as by that stage we had to have the gas off and thus the fridge off (it will run off 12 volts when the engine is running, but if it isn't it needs gas or to be plugged into electricity). Still, it gave us a chance to finish packing up the clothes and bedding, etc, so we could just sit and read during the crossing itself.
An uneventful drive to No 6, and a very nice lunch with my mother and sister (cold trout with smoked trout and quail's eggs; salad; boiled potatoes), and then we had to sort out the rest of the van - we have still succeeded in leaving behind my stock cubes and such clean clothes as I had left, and forgot that we planned to take the covers off the front seats and wash them! Oh well, we can go down in a week or so to rescue them.
Horrible drive back to London - very heavy traffic - and then of course hard work unpacking and putting away. All that is now done, as is the first load of washing. Much washing. Many loads....
No photos today, although the autumn colours were lovely. So here is a photo of the Channel which, after all, we have just been under!
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