4.30 start, lucky it was the beginning of daylight saving so we gained an hour. It took 2 1/12 hours to Dover port. We paid an extra £10 to be virtually first in line therefore first off, with a 6 hour drive the other end, anything is a bonus.
The priority was breakfast and Linda being a hardened French traveller she took off to get a table as usually the boat is full but this trip it was only a 1/3 full. here are the troops Having a full English breakfast before we have left the walls of Dover !! Haha
We took the route via Rouen avoiding Paris. We had to have a few loo stops and get petrol. We didn't have enough coins for the motorways so we had to buy goodies so we could get coffee as well. Coffe is boufht from machines on the wall!!Linda packed some goodies. So we stopped and had a car lunch
Not a good look so Tim told me take a photo of the motorway in the background, not much of an improvement haha , but you can at least see the truck in the background. The photos are courtesy of Tom and Nic who have lent me their camera.
We drove and drove and drove. It was lucky as Linda had a sat nav otherwise we would have been in trouble. I called her Maude after the bottle of coke I bought Linda, but she didn't like that so our travel buddy remains unamed.
The sun was setting as we arrived at the gite too late to take a photo of the outside, so here is Tim lighting the obligatory fire even though I am outside gasping for some cold air! Have 2 cold frogs with us . 
It is a very comfortable 2 storey place. June is downstairs and we are upstairs. There are 4 other bites with other English staying. We are in the heart of the Loire valley, but after travelling the UK we didn't realise the distance. As a result everything is an hour or so away.
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