Vannes to Paris Montparnasse, Paris Gare du Nord to Calais, taxi to port, one hour wait, ferry to Dover, train to Sussex, car ride to final destination. Total time, 12 hrs approx!! All in the attempt to view a much needed work horse vehicle in Surrey by my husband to replace the one that collapsed on 21 Dec. ( see offending vehicle in photo!) Vehicles 2nd hand are just so much more expensive here. He could have got to St Malo in 2 hrs and taken the ferry from there but he is prone to not having very good sea legs and the ferry in winter is a 7 hr one! He will be back Wednesday via a shorter route, a drive, a ferry then drive this end hopefully with a small supply of shopping if he has time. That is IF the vehicle is all it says it is on the net. Crossing everything possible that is that flexible!. We need that van! We need our furniture moved out of storage and up here and we need a trusty work horse to lug bags of cement, tools and no end of items for the renovation so then we have somewhere eventually to put our furniture!!Please let this be 3rd time lucky. Will be the 3rd van in 2 yrs. Not had much luck so far! Still I have the winning Euromillions ticket for this Friday ( power of positive thinking!) so perhaps I can buy him a whizzy all mod cons new one on Saturday!
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