France 11 to 19 September 2023
11 - 19 September 2023 Monday 11 Sept. Finish packing up the van and leave Balcombe about 8.20 am. Warm day but it looks like the 32°C heatwave has passed. It takes under an hour to drive to the port of Newhaven, where we're catching the ferry to Dieppe in France. Our passports are checked and we are given boarding passes and then settle down to wait in a queue. We’re very early so I use the time to make up the bed and John finds the headlight deflectors needed for driving in France. We admire the beautiful cars that are returning from Goodwood as part of the Paris to Goodwood rally. Start to board about 10.20 and are under way at 10.50, ten minutes early. Very calm crossing. Have something to eat in the cafe and buy a bottle of not very nice duty-free brandy; the staff are all French as are the posters on the wall. I like this one which translates as “Gentlemen, aim right” and “Here’s th...