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Sat.17.11.07. It was only about one hour and 15 minutes before we arrived at the docks in good time for the 11.15 ferry to Dover, for the first time the crossing from Calais to Dover was in Cockney Micks time frame. “Fackin’ ‘ell we set orf at qwartta paast eleven an’ we was in Dover for ‘arf paast. I done a twenty foa ‘our shift, was paid foateen graand an’ was back in Wigan by arf ‘free, done an Indian, rolled a ‘monsta’ an shagged mi neighba!” David Green had promised Kenny that he could buy the biggest ‘English’ on the boat even though it was flying French colours. He was proved right. For the first time in six days our school party had abandoned us for the pleasures of a cooked breakfast. Once off the boat we remained in convoy until Junction 11 on the M25 where Jo and I slipped off to visit to stay with Gemma, Paul and Sam to enjoy a great quiet day with our grandson.
Sat.17.11.07. It was only about one hour and 15 minutes before we arrived at the docks in good time for the 11.15 ferry to Dover, for the first time the crossing from Calais to Dover was in Cockney Micks time frame. “Fackin’ ‘ell we set orf at qwartta paast eleven an’ we was in Dover for ‘arf paast. I done a twenty foa ‘our shift, was paid foateen graand an’ was back in Wigan by arf ‘free, done an Indian, rolled a ‘monsta’ an shagged mi neighba!” David Green had promised Kenny that he could buy the biggest ‘English’ on the boat even though it was flying French colours. He was proved right. For the first time in six days our school party had abandoned us for the pleasures of a cooked breakfast. Once off the boat we remained in convoy until Junction 11 on the M25 where Jo and I slipped off to visit to stay with Gemma, Paul and Sam to enjoy a great quiet day with our grandson.
· Sun.18.11.07. We all re-assembled in the Oak for the celebration of the two trips, Keswick and the Beaujolais. The party from the lakes had regrettably suffered from the installation of relatively new management in their usual hotel they were not, as a result, offered the same privileges as in the past. The rooms were more expensive than planned, their gala dinner had to be moved to 6.30, the first sitting of the evening, alas both breakfast and evening meals were collectively of a very poor standard. All in all, the entire trip was a bit of a damp squib seemingly disappointing at every turn. Such a shame. Luckily for us our trip was a great success, wonderful cultured villages, excellent food, clean comfortable hotels and a group of people who became stronger, very much together as the trip developed. After the Sunday darts match the ‘Doc’ had laid on the pop combo for the evening’s entertainment, ‘The Awkward Squad’ fronted by Jimmy the Axe, vocals and harmonica, guitars Carlos and Lewis, 'Alan the beat' on skins. We stayed much later than we should have but the reminiscing continued long after we had left. “Fackin’ ‘ell I done firteen pints o’ Stella, ‘frew ‘free 180’s, played lead fackin’ guitar betta than fackin’ Hendrix, knocked up a Thai, built a ‘biggun’, broke down the fackin’ back door an’ painted it white on the way awt, an’ still got paid firty fackin’ graand!” yeah.
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