samedi 1 octobre 2016

Back to France on the overnight Ferry

Late Friday evening, we boarded the Brittany Ferries Armorique, to come back to France. First the two dogs had to be scanned, which was done outside the check-in kiosk, a scary task for the Dane, Rufus, as his chip failed to register at first. At last all the formalities were completed and we could board the vessel, parking on the car deck and taking the lift to our cabin. Luckily we are fairly slick at settling in, and we settled down for a night's sleep.
   In the morning, we awoke to the irritating musical chime of the alarm and performed our morning routine to abandon our cabin. We waited on deck 6 until we were called to descend to the car deck, where we found the dogs waiting impatiently for our arrival. We cleared customs with considerably less fuss than at the UK exit point then drove to the Gare Maritime to have breakfast coffee and a croissant.Then it was a case of heading South for Nantes, where we are at present, having eaten a good meal at the Courte Paille. Dog walking and feeding, and so to bed.

Bye for now, going to get my  head down...