Time to go home!

For anyone wishing a quick weekend visit to France I really can recommend Cries-sur-Mer!

Not only does it have free camper parking right on the sea front ........

but it also had amazing views, fabulous cliffs and the most wonderful collection of stones!!!

Having filled two large carrier bags with shells from our various beach stops, and having been banned by Peter from loading any more, I was amazed when he promptly allowed me to add Stones to my collection!!!

To be fair these were not your average stones.

The cliffs at Cries-sur-mer, although not as large as Dover are no less impressive and as the sun began to set they positively gleamed in the evening light.

Mixed in with the chalk are layers of dark lava like stones many of which had holes through the middle!

I have no knowledge of stone formations but it looked as if at some point these lava like stones had had chalk running through them.

Once released from the cliffs to fall upon the beach the chalk was washed slowly away leaving beautiful shapes with 1cm to 4cm holes through the middle!

Leaving Peter to watch I wandered this way and that, collecting as many holey stones as I could find before the sun finally set.

I collected some chalk that had recently fallen from the cliff plus a fairly large collection of stones before Peter persuaded me to return to Lady Sage.

He also refused to carry my basket … 

.....you picked them, you carry them!!

Our last night in France was spent drinking wine and playing backgammon while less than 100m away the sea quietly washed over the stony beach. 

We had had a simply amazing time during our trip, moving from place to place each day.

We had seen loads but knew there was still so much more to explore and this was only one small part of Europe to be navigated!

We had also spent over 400 hours constantly together in a small van without a cross word!!

*******

We woke to clouds and thick sea mist and by the time we reached Callis the wind had begun to blow reminding us of the UK weather we would soon be returning to!

Despite the weather the Ferry crossing was calm and this time we even managed to check out the duty free ....

......but having already stored so many bottles of French 1Euro wine in every available space within Lady Sage, we didn't buy anything.

We were briefly searched once we arrived on British soil 

(they loved the witch, the dog and wine storage facilities!) 

and as the sun set in a blaze of red that stretched across the sky we headed home to Wales.

........although we did stop just one hour away from home for a final night in Lady Sage as neither of us were ready for our trip to end!!!!

Although this trip was technically over, during our 15 days away we had made plans for many many more!!!

'Grow old with me', he said .... 

...............The best is yet to come!!!!