France May/June 2016. Day 26 The Second Part of the Journey North

After an excellent meal at a nearby local hotel and a wonderful night's sleep, we woke to pouring rain.  Undeterred we loaded up the car and then sat down to our final breakfast in France for this trip.  Fortified we headed north to the motorway at Troyes.  The Seine was very full, but this time not flooded and we managed to get across.  By the time we reached the motorway  the rain had cleared and the rest of our journey was in the dry.  All went well and we pulled up on the docks at Zeebrugge at 3.30 ready for loading at 4.30.  Just behind us in the queue was a three generation family (Grandfather, son and grandson) in a 1950s short wheel base landrover painted in fire engine red.  It had started out life in the fire service and had been restored to its original colour scheme.  We were soon loaded and enjoyed a relaxing evening and good night's sleep.  We awoke, though, to thick fog and rain; what a welcome home.  Still, we were back in Grimsby by 10.00 and unloaded and washing on by 12.00.  What a great trip yet again.

Where next year?  Spain? Provence?  Spain and Provence; who knows.

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