We left Windsor a bit earlier than planned, remembering the volume of traffic we encountered on the way here. Just as well – not quite as bad, but it allowed us to catch an earlier ferry, and given the heat, traffic and distance, this worked out well. Great crossing to Calais – this has been Channel smooth as … both ways now. Apart from rowdy kids on the ferry (who looks after these school groups? Surely a profession soon to be sainted?)

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