Ferry to France

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After a leisurely breakfast we loaded our bikes up again and headed off towards the ferry port, via Waitrose!


The cycle ride was only 3.8km. We arrived and checked in and were sent to a cycle stand to wait for our 11.30am ferry to Le Harve. Although the sun was shining there was a rather cold breeze.

We boarded the ferry, secured our bikes and headed up to the deck to watch as we pulled out of Portsmouth. We saw the naval base, HMS Victory, the Spinnaker Tower and the old fort. It all looked glorious with the blue skies and sunshine.


We saw about 10 cars on the ferry and a couple of vans, that was it! Inside we counted approximately 16 people, so there was plenty of choice of seats! We wandered around the bar area, restaurant and duty free. We found some seats and watched the world go by ... for a while ... until we both fell asleep in the warmth of the sun shining through the window.


We passed over a shipping lane where suddenly there appeared to be boats all over the place.

We had coffee and cake and some snacks. We found some seats to watch TV but soon discovered it was just an advert about the boat playing on a loop!

Land ahoy! We moved to the other side of the boat to watch our approach into Le Harve. We arrived on time at 6.30pm (French time). We saw a huge MSC cruise ship which some friends were on.


We headed down to the 'garage' to get our bikes. We were the last to disembark and made our way to immigration. Visa and passport checked we were on our way. We remembered we now need to cycle on the other side of the road!! A short cycle and we arrived at our accommodation where we showered and relaxed for the evening.


Distance cycled today : 4.9km

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