Hotel Jacquard Calais

... Dan and Charles. It's a beautiful little town and one I was keen to show Kim. It is has high walls that runs 3km around it (perfect for our run morning run the next day!) and is situated atop a hill, so very picturesque.<br><br>PS. Le Coq Hardi is the local brand of beer

We awoke to the noise of trucks and early morning deliveries..Took Lucy for walk and packed van ready to hit the road again..Start? Yes!!<br><br>Breakfast at the Happy Chef opposite the Marina in Dover was very welcomed, and to be recommended. We will be checking out Uncle Sam's next time we pass through. Now down to the Ferry port for check in..<br><br>Ooh la la......<br>

... the motorway at the first opportunity, and retraced our steps, along with the Landyprikkers, but we lost them shortly afterwards, as they sailed off missing the turning again.<br>We then followed the roadbook ok, but missed most of the things we should have seen along the route.<br>The Landyprikkers caught us up later, and we travelled together for a while.<br>

Travelled all day to Calais, arriving at about 5 p.m.We pitched up, and met a few of the other teams:Gaz &amp; Charlotte (Lean Green Recycled Machine), Dean &amp; Helen (Range Ravers), Jab &amp; Hank (Landyprikkers), Potti &amp; JC (DieselHead).<br><br>After we got scrutineered, there was time for a bit of shopping and a drink ...

... we ordered 4 kebab pizzas????? which I missed out on as shortly after arriving at the restaurant, was throwing up outside!!<br><br>Joe had to take me back to the hotel, with a stop off to the burger van for a 2.5Euro burger!<br><br>Whilst i was being put to bed, about 6pm by the way, Kris had a menu snatched off him in the restaurant as he was laughing in to it (tash and kris were in absolute stitches all ...

... 1 litre every 40 seconds and we took almost 50 litres. 30 minutes I had my finger presses to that damn "fill" button! So we are on this ferry, now heading back to Dover for reasons as yet unknown!! <br> <br> <br> - Injuries<br><br> It turns out we damaged an crew member on our departure so return to drop him off with A&amp;E!<br>On our way again, 45 mins late

... car gratuit. This is no ordinary car. It's a Fiat Panda (it's like a cross between a bus and a hearse), and upon the sight of it, the only word John could use to come close to describing the hideous-ness of the color was "lemongrass." Which is actually pretty right on. John and Drew in unison: "IT'S AN F-ING PANDA!" We made the drive to Paris the next day, which (and I'm going to overuse these adjectives entirely) was again beautiful and after a ...

... of France and stay in an interesting range of places: Epinal, where I have a meal of: Terrine de foie gras layered with figs and served with small cubes of jelly and a fruit chutney. Poached rabbit stuffed with minced veal and mushrooms. Dessert - mirabelle (golden plum) tart. I drink a Pinot Gris 2005 (Ingersheim, Haut Rhin) rich, voluptuous and a bit sweet - perfect with foie gras but too much for the rabbit. Nancy My god-daughter is called Nancy, so I have a bit of ...

... by the forest that surrounded it. Getting on the ferry took hardly any time and Team Molalla set up camp and we all took turns watching the stuff so people could wander. I went up to the deck first thing to snap some quick pictures of the white cliffs of Dover before heading below deck to find some food. The ferry was massive, containing 9 decks totals. There was food on every other one but some of the places cost way more than the others. Nora ...

... of the trip, longest and most annoying. I quickly found a useful TI station, which gave me extremely vague instructions on how to find a really cheap hostel. Well, an hour and half of random wanderings go by, I still haven't found the hostel, and I decide to make my stupid walk useful by buying soap from a pharmacy. I asked a man there for some soap, immediately the 6 other employees became engaged in this quest for soap, and ...