Day 11 - Return to France

After a bit of a debate as to which route to take we opted to skirt past Liecester then do M1 then across to Oxford and down via Newbury to pick up the M27 at Southampton. The plan was going well, we completely missed out the M25, which was shut on the eastern side following and accident.

We made it in good time, till we got to the A34 / M3 junction, which was at a standstill, so we had to cut across country down the A272

We had a competition between Sara (using a map) and her Dad (using GPS) to see who could get us to Fareham (Tescos) then the boat without going down any "dead end" roads. Needless to say it was an interesting challenge.

We got to boat on time, after the "wine fairy" had paid a visit to Vicky and Brendon's house, and we managed to board the boat fairly quickly.

Setting sail was unfortunately delayed by 45 mins due to incoming ferry traffic.

Then this with a Police escort.

Finally got going to be seen off by some of the locals.

Had a good run back to Crissé to arrive at 1.15 am on Friday morning to be greeted by a huge barn owl sitting on the fence just outside the house. We managed to roll up along side it in the car but didn't get a picture cos the camera was in the boot.

Our journey was finally over, 2611 kilometers, or 1632 miles in 11 days. We had seen just about every part of the UK, including the highest point. Physically and emotionally it was an epic voyage and we are really glad we did it.

Our next challenge will be Snowdon and then maybe Scafell, coming down in decending height order, but definitely not in 24 hours as they do in the 3 Peaks Challenge. Mind you just looking at Corsica which has a mountain at 2706 metres, puts the rest to shame, and it's less likely to be raining there. I think Everest would be a bit out of the question, at 8848 metres it's a bit out of our league.

All I can say is watch this space for Crafty and Confits next great adventure.........