On the water!

So i've made a good start, well the good start being I'm on the ferry, and on my way to calais. The boat is absolutely rammed, and considering how strict the french are on wining and driving, im surprised at how many people are drinking! Guess those breathalysers might come into use sooner than later for most...!

Car seemed fine on the way to dover, better than fine actually, almost spritely, feels so weird with the weight from all my kit in it though, really notice it when pulling away and cornering... Goes from a car that handles reasonably well and turns into a soft squishy 'blancmange'... Ooooh, look at me getting all french!

Guess this'd be a good time to introduce my chosen vehicle for this little excursion, my 2002 MINI One, 'Flo'...! Okay, so she's no Land Rover Defender, but she's still quite fun, and is a lot more quiet and comfortable when doing near 300 miles a day! Any car geeks reading this might be interested too know that shes had some clever engine remapping trickery, an MSD high voltage coil, pipercross air filter, Milltek exhaust system and some other magical stuff to help her achieve somewhere around 130 bananas... (BHP for those of you that arent good with technical vocabulary)




Anyway, enough car talk, just checked the route for today and sat nav tells me that i've got about 250 miles to do before i reach the campsite in Montmedy... Im hoping for about 4-5 hours, so will hopefully reach the site about 7 local time tonight. That reminds me, must adjust my watch...

Until then, heres a photo of all my clobber stuffed into the back of poor old Flo!