Almost home.....

I'm sitting here writing about the last few days of our trip waiting for a delayed departure on the Eurotunnel. The last few weeks the Eurotunnel has had a few breaches of their security fences and apparently last night one of the immigrants was killed trying to get through the tunnel. We don't like being delayed a couple of hours, but you have to feel for these people who are so desperate that they risk their lives in search of the hope of a better life in the UK. The migrant situation in Calais is at breaking point and I have no ideas what the authorities can do about it.

We have just spent a lovely couple of days on a campsite at Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Camping Saint Claire, a busy site but very well organised, clean and nicely kept with large pitches. But best of all right outside was a cycle track - L'Avenue Verte from Dieppe

to Forges-les-Eaux, a wonderful tarmac track almost completely flat. Unfortunately our first day on site it was raining so we had to sit it out and spend the day sitting in the van but luckily for our final day of the holiday the sun was shining and we were able to get out and cycle from the site all the way to the outskirts of Dieppe - a round trip of 40 miles - our longest cycle trip of the holiday.

The track forms part of the London to Paris route and has given Keith the idea of perhaps doing the complete ride at sometime in the future. I don't think I'll be joining him, I can be support team!

NEWS FLASH!!!! We have just been given 50€ to swap our departure time from 2.20pm to 3.20pm. We were asked to swap by a Dutch pop group who are playing in a gig in London and with the two hour delay would not have time to do all their sound checks etc before their performance, that extra hour means that they are much more likely to have a successful gig - their first in the UK and very important too them. All we had to do was wait another hour in the car park, so we had a cup of tea and sat listening to the radio. By the way, we did get the swap confirmed at the information desk so we didn't end up stranded at the terminal!

A surprising end to our holiday, an unexpected bit of money towards our next trip in September.

It's been a wonderful nine weeks, we have seen so many places, met so many interesting people and had a fantastic time. 

Have a look at our trip on Track My Tour:

http://trackmytour.com/4mf56