and we're off!

See, we're all smiling. This can mean only one thing: it's the start of the journey. The passport arrived (yeah!), the car was packed and off we went. The plan was to drive from home to Dover, get an early ferry and continue the drive on the other side. Approximate driving time: 15h.

The best thing about setting off was the weather. It was minging, I mean really crap. Cold, very windy and very heavy rain.

We stopped at Tebay for some dinner only to end up standing exactly one person behind my best man and his family, en route to Manchester for an amazing sounding holiday to South Africa!

A very long journey later and we stopped about 15 miles short of Dover for a quick nap...