Caught the Cap Finistere last Friday which sailed an hour early (4pm) due to impending bad weather. After a bad night before (we broke our journey at the Stratton Arms near Oxford where our electricity supply was flakey to say the least and the parking was very muddy) we were a trifle anxious.
We had a lovely beef stew and retired to bed in a small bit perfectly comfortable cabin and went to sleep. We kept waiting for the rough seas but happily, we slept well all night and when we woke at 9:00 am, the sea was like a boating pond.
We disembarked on time and set and parked at an aire near the university at Santander. About 5 other vans there (space for 20). The evening was calm and mild and we walked to a nearby supermarket. But that night, the wind and the rain started. We barely slept a wink it rained so hard and the van was buffeted like nothing I've experienced before. I got drenched filling with water and emptying the toilet and got underway as soon as possible. Now spending Sunday evening in Leon where it's calm and clear. Off to Chavez tomorrow.
We had a lovely beef stew and retired to bed in a small bit perfectly comfortable cabin and went to sleep. We kept waiting for the rough seas but happily, we slept well all night and when we woke at 9:00 am, the sea was like a boating pond.
We disembarked on time and set and parked at an aire near the university at Santander. About 5 other vans there (space for 20). The evening was calm and mild and we walked to a nearby supermarket. But that night, the wind and the rain started. We barely slept a wink it rained so hard and the van was buffeted like nothing I've experienced before. I got drenched filling with water and emptying the toilet and got underway as soon as possible. Now spending Sunday evening in Leon where it's calm and clear. Off to Chavez tomorrow.