It was going to be a very cold night ... and so it proved ... first thing in the morning as we loaded the van up with the last bags it was below minus 10 degrees. We left just before 8 am and started back along the return journey .. motorway all the way once we were down the valley.. Steph drove for a couple of hours in the middle, and as a bonus we joined up in convoy about an hour outside Calais. Following each other through immigration, ticketing, waiting, boarding and then the institutionalized Brasserie meal
The ferry was delayed by and hour by a misbehaving bow thruster, but in the big scheme of things this was not bad, and we were home for 11pm. Unpacking in the morning as I was too shattered form anything else.
The only big disappointment was having to pay over 200 Euros for a bed that had broken... the side support had split where the base rested ... that is what you get for being honest, in place of gluing it up and making it look good. this would have paid for a new bed, not just a new piece of wood..