we have had another lovely holiday this year, and we are so glad of it, as it has been much a much needed counterpoint to all the worries that seem to surround us.
we decided to go to the loire rather than the originally planned dordogne, and we left 2 days later. these changes were determined by swine flu and maybe swine flu recoveries! chris has had swine flu, as far as i can tell, but was better first. i am not sure about myself, especially as i improved once i started taking antibiotics… [could be coincidence tho].
we took the channel tunnel which was a revelation of loveliness. no messing, across and the exit is directly onto the right road rather than faffing round a port! although the girls declared it more boring, we parents thought it was money well spent. my dad has p and o shares that gave him then a 50% ferry discount, i wonder if there is a channel tunnel equivalent? [hmm, looks like a no ??] i do know that my dad saved in the end far more that the shares cost, as he used the deal every year for 20+ years at least once!! and we drove to rouen where we stopped at a hotel B and B, which we would recommend as having a fab room for 4 nice and cheaply. we were planning a tent night stop, but i was really only just travelable, so this seemed a better bet. we had a lovely meal out, and then the children were absolute terrors going to bed, so chris had priority sleep as driver [i wasn/t up to it on the way out] and i had none!