M20, England

We are home, or near as darn it.

We stayed near Calais for two days in the end, doing one big day of driving, and then sleeping in the same campsite for two days in a row (a first for us).

We ate in the restaurant, sampling some French cuisine (avec pomme frites) both nights. On our final day we visited the nearby ‘blockhouse’, a massive concrete bunker hidden in a forest (think Return of the Jedi, but bigger, and with big bomb holes in it) which was used for the production of the famous V2 rockets during WW2. It was bombed several times by the English during the war and no V2 rockets were actually ever launched from that location, but production continued.

We also played Ultimate Frisbee, Dad and me versus Mother and Stephen. They whupped us. It was really very silly.

Today we woke up, ate a bacon and egg sandwich and headed out, catching the Eurotunnel on time despite a ‘last call’ scare as we were still in duty-free!

We should arrive home at 12:19 (according to the GPS), and I will be uploading the omitted photos that we have taken (there are loads!) the moment I have a solid broadband connection.

I hope you have all enjoyed reading; it has been a very strange adventure.

Dave, your blogger, signing off.