Somewhere in France...

Day 1 1st April - Kent to Arras via Dover and Calais. Mileage 146

We set off in sunshine and met up with some friends, Tim and Barbara Senior, who escorted us to Dover in their MGB. All was well till 3 miles out of Dover the traffic ground to a halt. After 10 minutes of not moving far we left Tim and Barbara and wove through the traffic (dodgy at times!) arriving at check-in at 2pm for the 2.20 sailing only to discover the boat was 40mins late! We had a coffee and watched an interesting game of football being played by girls and boys in pyjamas on the quayside!
Once on board we met a lone female biker, Catherine, from Northern Ireland, who teaches History in Chelmsford. She was travelling round France for a week during her Easter break and decided to come with us to Arras, our first stop.
Jane, our Sat Nav, then decided to throw a bit of a wobbly! She seemed to have some directional problems and was trying to send us via Belgium! After a few detours from the map we eventually found a hotel outside Arras - all the ones in town were full. This was about 9pm with the scooter having registered empty for the last 20 miles. "Running on fumes" as Tony said! The hotel was a little above budget but we didn't care at that stage, we were on the way! After a couple of well earned beers we slept like logs.
Alison