Alcazar's 2017 run of bad luck continues...
 

Going over to France for Whit, and living in the north 17 miles from Hull, we decided to treat ourselves and booked via P&O Hull-Zeebrugge.

Heard today that our ferry has broken down and will not be sailing again until 5th June.

That's a 1 in 4 chance...that it would be that ferry out of the two and that we had booked on that one.

So now we are, once again, faced with the 4.5 hour drive to Dover.....:(

I'll be glad when 2017 ends.

but surely the drive down and then dover must be quicker , less expensive

Slightly quicker, we'll be at the house for around 1pm, not 5pm, but having had to drive through the night, no sleep. And yes, we save money, but this was a treat for Mrs Alcazar who hates going down through the night.

Where is your place in France, if I may be bit trunky?

Could have put her on the plane !

It's not in limousine, otherwise his mrs wouldn't mind the drive. :lol1:

I'll get my coat. :(

You should have a word about that - lol

LOL.

In the Limousin, SW of Limoges. About 35 minutes from there.

We could have put her on a plane, but were looking forward to travelling down together via a nice night on board ship, nice meals, drinks etc.
She will be flying back.

The Britanny ferry to Bilboa has a habit of dumping you in LeHavre if it's too behind schedule, which is nice. Luckily I had to change dates on my one trip out and the one I would have been on did just that!

Unfortunately the return leg back to Portsmouth decided to dump us off at Plymouth instead, which is an arse. You wouldn't believe how many angry/stressed and downright abusive Englishers are until you go to the reception desk (lost my cabin key card within 10mins of being on board :facepalm: ) with a poor young French girl taking all the abuse by people who full well know it's not her fault the captain/operator decided to cut short the trip.

Had to bite my lip on one particular couple as they were bang out of order.

We did all get compensated by £50 per cabin which I put towards some ala carte nosh in the restaurant, and same said girl served us, and I assured her that we English are not all shouty abusive arse holes. :)

That guy was based on me..didn't you know?

It is you.

LOL

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