benivanadventures

Friday 27 October Day 1 Adele finished work at 9.45am, we had already packed the van, filled up with fuel and water, gas was almost full so were off just after 10am, the trip down the motorway was fine a part from torrential rain, we stopped on the motorway for a bit to eat before continuing down to Folkestone, it had dried up now, we checked in, we were the only ones at the ticket booth, we got our pass for pet control and continued into the terminal, again there was no-one about, no-one in pet reception, no other motorhomes or campervans parked up, we were given a train an hour and a half early so proceeded to passport control, again no-one in front of us, no-one at the gas check or at French passport control, it was like the place was closed, we moved to the loading lanes. At last other vehicles, two other vans a two cars, its unbelievably quiet. We were soon driving onto the train and before we knew it we were off, 35 minutes later we were driving in France. Its Raining, because of...

Friday 6 October Day 1 Work finished, we had already packed the van so were off just after 5pm. Not far this weekend, we were joining a meet run by the West Midlands DAat Ferry Meadow in Evesham, we arrived just after 6pm after navigating road closures due to the Evesham Mop Fair. We had a really  friendly welcome, there were already 30 plus units here, we found a pitch at the end of the riverside row just big enough for Vera to squeeze into. We reversed in to give us a view of the river over breakfast in the morning. It was just gone 7pm when the light faded so we started tea, chicken with Spanish grains,  chorizo and peppers, to be washed down with a glass or two of white wine. Adeles cold is getting worse so no tipple for her tonight just dosed up with cold & flu tablets. Saturday 7 October Day 2 Woke 7.30 to bright skies and breezy, Adeles feeling a little better this morning but is still full of cold. What's happened to this mini heat wave we were supposed to hav...