Day #24 ‘The Journey Home begins’

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We set off at 12:00 today, after a morning of relaxation and packing up the van yet again. Not much longer now and we will be back in sweet England. It’s been a wonderful holiday but we’re all ready to head back now.
We made it more than half way today and are stopped for a nights’ sleep about 5 hours from Calais. Will be an early start tomorrow so we can try to get Storms’ vaccinations done in the afternoon. We are hoping to be able to head off through the tunnel on Monday instead of Friday, so her needles (for her pet’s passport) need to be done soon. Here’s hoping!..

Kerry did the unthinkable and put the caravan cables on a little too low this time. Matt was not a happy camper when we discovered that the wires were crushed again and he did another repair job on them to get us home ...oops!

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