OK, a catch up!

Let's go back a week. We had a long journey ahead of us this time last week, looking back it doesn´t seem so bad as it was at the time.

Before we left Sheffield, I took out European break down insurance on the car which actually cost us more than the car was worth, but it gave us peace of mind. Well, the little car loaded to the hilt travelled well until we came off the motorway at Exeter for a break. Suddenly there was an horrendous banging noise from one of the front wheels which sounded like the wheel was about to fall off! So, before we had even left the UK, we had the RAC out, who had us back on the road in about 30 mins. Only problem was, although we knew the wheel wasn´t about to fall off, we still had the horrible noise so a quick once around the roundabout and back to the carpark in the hope he was still there. Luckily he was, and this time we had the whole wheel dismantled and put back together. Nothing wrong, so something must have got caught in the brakes but we were on our way again and arrived at Plymouth still mobile if a little late.

We had booked to stay in a Dog friendly hotel on Plymouth Hoe, just around the corner from the ferry. When we arrived they had not got the key to our room as the previous guest had left with it so we ended up in a 4th floor room (no lift) and a carpeted room (with 2 puppies who were nearly house trained, but not able to get down 4 flights of stairs when in need of a pee). The owner was also looking after a friends Rotweiller, so the lounge and bar were off limits for us to take the dogs, otherwise they would have become a small snack for the Rotty. All in all, not the most restful of days, but the dogs had travelled incredibly well so it looked good for the drive through Spain.

Last Wednesday saw us off to the ferry, more later.......