The final leg. Getting up early (no, really) I was on the road for 7:30am, in temperatures of just 5 degrees. From the car’s perspective, that’s great, as it’ll keep temperatures in the engine and gearbox nice and low. From my perspective, I wasn’t quite so keen, thanks the heating and ventilation failure yesterday.

Still, the roads were clear, if a bit cloudy up the mountains, so it was time to press on. A five hour stint behind the wheel, stopping only for fuel, left me at Reims for a brief pitstop, before moving on to Calais.

I’d write more about the drive but, as you’ll have seen from the blog on the way down, it’s all a bit dull.

Grabbing an earlier ferry than planned, the priority loading I’d paid for left me wishing I hadn’t. In force seven gales, the nice people at P&O had my car seemingly dangling off the back of the boat with nothing more than a small fence keeping it in place. Still, it survived, even if it did get more than a bit wet – and with gaping holes in the bonnet for cooling purposes, that was a concern!

It’s home.

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