So the final day of the holiday dawned. We did not get up too early but we had decided not to do a run as there was a lot of driving to be done. The rain of the previous night had cleared, fortunately. We walked onto town (avoiding the industrial estate) to have breakfast and to do the shopping for the day’s pique-nique.
We were on the road by eleven. The journey started with a drive over the very impressive Porte de Normandie, then we had well over 200km to drive to Calais. However, al of it was motorway and most of it was not busy so we made very good progress. We found ourselves almost there by 1pm so we turned off the road to have a look at Le Touquet and finding nothing to detain us there though it is pleasant enough. We took the coast road in the direction of Boulogne, turning off to have our al fresco lunch beside the sand dunes.
We got back on the motorway and got to Calais by three. Since our booking on Le Shuttle was not until 8.20 we went to the hypermarket and spent 200 euros there on booze and cheese (not very much chese!). We went to the Shuttle station and managed to get our booking changed to 6.20 – result!
We were back in England by 6pm (allowing for the time difference). The temperature as we drove off was about five degrees cooler, the rain started as soon as we got on the M20 and there were roadworks and traffic jams. Welcome back to England!
We were on the road by eleven. The journey started with a drive over the very impressive Porte de Normandie, then we had well over 200km to drive to Calais. However, al of it was motorway and most of it was not busy so we made very good progress. We found ourselves almost there by 1pm so we turned off the road to have a look at Le Touquet and finding nothing to detain us there though it is pleasant enough. We took the coast road in the direction of Boulogne, turning off to have our al fresco lunch beside the sand dunes.
We got back on the motorway and got to Calais by three. Since our booking on Le Shuttle was not until 8.20 we went to the hypermarket and spent 200 euros there on booze and cheese (not very much chese!). We went to the Shuttle station and managed to get our booking changed to 6.20 – result!
We were back in England by 6pm (allowing for the time difference). The temperature as we drove off was about five degrees cooler, the rain started as soon as we got on the M20 and there were roadworks and traffic jams. Welcome back to England!
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