Saturday 6th April
Day 1
Weather sunny 🌞
10-30am off
10-51am second off
101800 on the clock
Sun spec are GO …
We do it every time … get to the J15 on the M65 and remember stuff that’s been left at home .. A quick return to J13 ..stop on double yellows ..Traffic warden has a word and sends us off on our way with a cheery ” Happy Travels ”
The sun is splitting the flags up Nowf …lovely day to start an adventure
Get down sowf to the Garden of England ..Kent is wet windy and foggy ..
Hetty managed to avoid that there London by going over the Queens bridge at a toll of £2-50.. 
We don’t like tolls but better a bridge toll than a fine for entering the London environmental zone ..Sat nav insisted we did it her way but we said NO SAT NAV …no fines for Hetty
Miles travelled around 350 .. and now happily parked up in the Canterbury park n ride for a small fee of £ 7 
Pre made curry scoffed and now we will be putting The Driver to bed as he’s very tired after getting up at 3am ..probably worrying about a new adventure
THE PLAN
Sail to Calais
Bomb down to Lake Garda via the Brenner Pass
Sail in European Regatta
Go to Venice for four days ..Camp site booked and tickets for Doge’s palace
Wander down into Tuscany for lunch at La Vialla on 24th May ..more about this place later
More wandering
Get to Civitavechia for the ferry to Barcelona on the 1st May
Campsite booked in Barcelona with bus into city with May 4th being next as its our Silver wedding anniversary and The Cooks Birthday ..She wants a quiet day on the beach in the sun
Then …. off to Andorra on the 5th May
French Atlantic coast next
And home by the 22nd May
Things left at home … knickers for James this trip. He only packed 5! Could be worse, we came away one short trip to discover he’d not packed any clothes … cite Europe was the first stop!
We also do the first start – second start Malarkey. The neighbours set their watches by us being back on Fox Hill Drive within ten minutes of leaving – this time it was Dave’s laptop charger.
Safe travels, Hetty – it’s raining cats and dogs at Lake Maggiore too. Let’s hope for sunshine next week in Garda!xx
Have a wonderful time Susan and John – don’t stop having adventures! And don’t stop telling us all about them. Here’s to having the sun on your face and the wind at your back; travel safely x
Sounds wonderful looking forward to reading all about it. x