On the Road Again!

Timothy O'Leary. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.  Timothy was Claire's Granny's eldest brother.  To read more about Timothy's story you can click on the tags with his name or the battle at le Pilly. https://invictamoto.blogspot.com/2021/10/timothy-oleary-107th-anniversary.html https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/the-battle-of-le-pilly-1.1962035 https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/85800/le-touret-memorial/

Hopefully I can do it again this time.  We were in France this year and I couldn't make it. We don't have much planned at the moment. 

Despite only a short time riding in August and September I have managed a mere 195 kms.  It would be higher but we have been away in France for three weeks.

The booked Shuttle from Calais was supposed to be 9.46am. Check-in closes an hour before departure. To make sure we were there well in advance after getting up at 7am. We did the jobs and got ready to leave, then Claire remembered the EHU was still plugged in.  We did the waste dumps and set off. I had retired the TomTom and set up the route on my phone to test the navigation that I pay for through MyRouteApp.  I have the ferry and Shuttle in and out gps points as "favorites".  It worked perfectly. It also has vehicle dimensions programmed in. Maybe I'll use it again on the next trip to the National Memorial Arboretum in a fortnight. When we checked in it gave us the option to go an hour early. I took it.   We had just enough time to nip into Starbuck's for a coffee.  Never again!  It was almost as expensive for two coffees and two croissants as yesterday's lunch, €17.25!  There weren't many...

Now what's happened? Two things.  The kitchen tap seems to have moved on the work surface. With the lever fully towards cold it hits the side of the fridge and doesn't get to cold! More seriously. One of the strings in the fly screen has snapped! Rendering it unusable. It looks as though the strings maintain the tension of the net part of the screen.... The van goes into Choose Leisure next week for the MoT and service. We can see if they can take a look and see what the damage will be to our bank account.

The last full day of the trip. A chance to do nothing but have a leisurely day. We had a bit of a lie in. Breakfast.  I decided rather than wash with soap and water I would use a Fresh Wipe instead - https://www.freshwipes.co.uk/ . It's amazing. They are big enough to do all over from head to toe inc unmentionable bits. The pack we have with us are coconut 🥥 smelling. Nice and refreshing. Unlike some YouTubers we get nothing for free.  We aren't sponsored.  We buy everything mentioned in blogs!!!!  Anyway, the plan was a leisurely walk to the beach. Then along to where they house the Calais Dragon. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Compagnie_du_Dragon Sadly. The Dragon was in its cave until Saturday 17th October undergoing maintenance.  Its little buddy that looks like a giant monitor lizard was also grounded.  We did have lunch at the Friterie des Nations. There were two an...