We left at 7.30 and arrived at Newhaven in plenty of time to board the ferry to France. I was just thinking of it as a means of travel and forgetting my memories of rusty old dirty boats smelling of sick from my childhood but we were pleasently surprised. The boat was like new and very modern, it even had a play area with a ball pit for the children. The 4 hour crossing flew by and we enjoyed a picnic on board, the little people were great so it was a good start to our journey.
From Dieppe we had a 4.5 hr drive down to Onzain. It was a very warm and thanks to the early start the little people were asleep within half an hour and slept for most of the way. We decided to ignore the sat nav and go the directions my friend Martine had given us which was all motorway. We had a shocker with the tolls 30 Euros in total but it was the quickest way and we reached our destination in just under four hours. Thankfully we did ignore the sat nat as a few other families we met when we arrived, didnt and ended up driving through Paris which took them 6-7 hours!!
Our home for the week is a three bedroom mobile home, thankfully it is nice, modern, clean and spacious. We have a wooden deck outside, the little people have a bedroom each and Tim and I even have an ensuite. It was a quick suppa of pizza before we headed up to the main area for the 'show' the little people made friends very quickly so Tim and I just chilled and enjoyed the evening talking to other families. What a great start to our holiday.
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