Breakfast was at 7.30 for ‘wheels-rolling’ at 8.45. The sunday streets were quiet and we quickly and easily left Arras with fairly thick fog hanging in the air. Once we were on the A26 autoroute the fog started to thin and was gone by 9.30 with the sun breaking though. I had hoped to catch a view of the massive Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge which is close the the A26 at Arras but the fog put paid to that.
We cruised along steadily and were soon at the Eurotunnel check-in. We had no problems or delays and took-up the option of a slightly earlier train. Time for a final photo with the bikes and soon we were loaded and heading into the tunnel. With little traffic we were quickly onto the M20 and amongst the notably poorer lane discipline of drivers in the UK. Many of these same drivers had been behaving so much better on the autoroutes only an hour or 2 earlier but had soon reverted. Paul peeled off to the southbound M26/M25 and the rest continued to the north. The traffic was busy entering the Dartford tunnels as usual and we re-gathered as a group on the north side. Terry turned off at the A127 with the great fortune of being the nearest to home. Colin, Will, John and Clappo continued on round the M25 and on to the M11 & M1 to their respective journeys home.
So came the end of another fantastic tour. Great experiences, great friends, great memories. Time to start thinking of destinations and options for next year now!
