Apr. 10, 2009 - Busy Ferry

Got away from home on time - 7.00am for an 8.00am ferry. When we got to Dover the whole place was heaving. NorfolkLine had messed up our booking again and by the time we got on the ferry we were about the last car to be squeezed onto the car deck. There were loads of cars behind us and one has to wonder if they all got on.

Fortunately, we had not planned to have breakfast on board - it all gets a bit expensive when there are four of you, so the fact that the restaurant was packed didn't matter. We struggled to find somewhere to sit and ended up by the "children's club" with an excessively loud american play leader.

All in all, the crossing is one of the most unpleasant - it is now 9.10am and we still have an hour or more before we dissembark.

The weather forecast still looks pretty unsettled, but at least it's not likely to snow!