And So To Bed

The very last day - left Le Chartres and the Hotel De France in good time, only delayed by an MG V8 owner parking in the drive to take his car's picture in the same place as so many car mags show them. Oh, and a leak from the comedy Italian exotica aka Pip's hotshot Aprilia Tuono, oops. That nearly necessitated a stop for an additional jubilee clip, but the hot engine seemed to close up the gap and things dried up.

The day started cloudy and cool, good riding conditions. Unfortunately the hotel's private fishing was closed or

I'm sure we'd have indulged...

We stopped in Vimoutiers for lunch, it was hard to find a sandwich so we had a cooked lunch instead in a classic French brasserie, filled with working men who'd have been smoking were it not for the EU wide ban. Two omelettes, two bavard grillee, all with chips ;)

Made it to Caen in good time, and basically got waved through with only a few minutes wait before getting into the boat. Jimmy was singled out for the low-flying cables whilst parking his bike, but otherwise very smooth going.

The six hours on the boat were pretty slow-going but we whiled the time away by inventing games, eating and drinking coffee. Some of us had a nap...

Which was a good plan because the boat arrived about 21.15, and then a drive in the dark home. Jim and John got back about 23.00, so a long tiring day - nice to be in one's own bed though!"