The ferry trip

We chose the ferry over the French motorways for a number of reasons:
1. Cost = the ferry was cheaper when you add in the cost of the French tolls and having to get French diesel)
2. Ivan wanted a break from driving
3. We thought it would be fun, something different
4. Could get some work done.
5. Sleep
Well, we achieved 1, 2 a bit of 3, none of 4 and at odds times 5. The first 20 hours we were going through a huge swell and some of us (name no names) paid a few visits to the porcelain alter. The last 15 hours were lovely and smooth. I think it was worth it in the end though. Tasha learnt a magic trick, we meet an NZ family doing a similar gaunt but on a different route (ideas for the future), did get quite a bit of sleep in the end and made a change.
And so we are now back in the UK. Thanks to Ananth for looking after the car (anybody looking to buy a Scenic with 100k miles but going well) and Lynn and family for again letting us dump our stuff on them (see you next weekend).
Tomorrow I do the last drive back to Hull, hopefully will get to the end of the talking book of 80 days around the world (talking books are great in a campervan, big recommendation), need to find out if Fogg and Paspertoo make it.
We will all have to say something about our experience, suffice it to say we spent much of the last couple of weeks thinking about where else we could go next, so must have been pretty good all around.