Steph here again. The ferry crossing went ahead as planned despite vile weather, and apparently if one is in a cabin it is possible to get a good night's sleep despite the pitching and tossing. Very good, until being rudely ordered out of bed at six in the morning! Mind you, it is a miracle they managed to get out of the country at all given Jane's exchange with the staff at the border! She admitted to carrying three cans of diesel and a gas canister and when the man rolled his eyes and said "well at least I'm fairly sure you will say no to this question: do you have any offensive weapons in your possession?" Jane replied "well, we have a baseball bat..."
I spoke to mummy at around 9 o'clock this morning, by which time Mabel the xenophobic sat-nav system was in a total sulk and was refusing to recognise the road they were on. They were technically lost, but heading in vaguely the right direction, towards Rennes. I was concerned about the Herculean amount of driving they had ahead of them, but it turns out I had no need to be, because right now they are just outside of Biarritz, where they will be meeting Team Bob Mali (do you see what they did there?) at the Tulip Inn and resting overnight before striking out for Madrid in the morning. They have been on the road since 7.30am local time (which is 6.30 in real money), and driven just under 600 miles in under 12 hours, with only a brief stop for a sandwich en route. I imagine tomorrow will be every bit as rushed, but hopefully mum will have time to squeeze in an update of her own at the weekend.
I did pass on your comments - mum says you have a cheek, Sue!
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I would just like to point out that I am well aware of how difficult an act to follow my mother is, and writing full updates as requested is causing me symptoms akin to performance anxiety!
Steph how long will it be before you recognise your high levels of wit and humour, You are your mothers daughter,have you heard about the magic of genetics? Thus share the level of written word most of us can only dream of. You are allowed you own foot notes and if you having a bad day you can say so. xxxx your test is to grow into the gifts you have in abundance, the test is to moniter stress levels and challenge the deamons that try to distract you from who you are, the great STEPH. This is going to be a journey for you too by the sounds of it! xxxx
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