Down for breakfast at 8.30am which is an early start for us. Pamela had Pesto and pine nut butter beans and I had Kedgeree. We’re trying to lay off the full english breakfasts at the moment.
The room in the Greyhound inn was fab and Pamela said she had the best night’s sleep ever whereas I was tossing and turning all night. We’re putting it down to the sugar in the sticky toffee pudding earlier in the evening.
We’re just about to head off for the 3 hour drive to Plymouth. Pamela is filling in ‘a million forms’ concerning the crossing and we need to get diesel.
Update: We arrived in Plymouth bang on time without fuss. The ferry is massive! I don’t know what we were expecting but it wasn’t this. There’s a beautiful Ferrari next to us in the waiting area, a McLaren and quite a few Bentleys. There’s about 20 chaps on a motorcycle touring trip that looks fun and also a TVR owners club rally. By far the most interesting though is the entrants to the 2026 Panda raid. These are old fiat panda 4x4s with the suspension raised up. Their route is from Madrid to Morocco using only map and compass, no GPS and each vehicle is carrying about 20kg of school equipment to donate to schools in Morocco.
I’ve got to work on the crossing so we’ve got a larger cabin with desk space. The upside of that means there’s also a balcony. The weather is fantastic as we set sail, Sitting on the balcony in the sunshine, we’re beginning to see the appeal of cruises.
