A new (cheap) experience

A new, low cost, channel service has started, called SpeedFerries www.speedferries.com . They offer £50 return crossings of the English Channel, whilst other services will charge anything up to £600 for this short journey. This makes it very expensive when calculated on a distance/speed basis and reminds me of the state owned airlines who charged fortunes for short journeys within Europe. Determined to try the new service, despite being a poor seafarer, greed wins the day. We join the A9 at Nimes, set the cruise control, and drive for 11 hours. We stop near Boulogne at a small hotel (Les 3 Fontaines in Marconne-Hesdin) with a good restaurant. Jan really knows how to pick them. We eat, drink and sleep well.