4.45 am alarm clock reminds me that I have half an hour to shower and hit the road for the three hour and forty five minute journey to Portsmouth, this would include a 20 minute break at a STARBUCKS coffee for a take away tea, being a sunday morning there was not much traffic on the M6/M40/A34 and M3 and the beautiful sunshine and dry weather contributed for the 3 hour and 30 minute drive from Cheshire to Portsmouth driving at 70 miles per hour and with the programmed 20 minute break . When I got to Portsmouth I was expecting to have time for another brake and quite possibly another tea, I was saving my breakfast for PONT-AVEN, the bread and the ISSIGNY butter are to die for so well worth the wait, the check in procedure was straight forward and the embarkation immediate so after 10 minutes of getting to Portsmouth International Port I was on board BRITTANY-FERRIES "PONT-AVEN" a home away from home and there it was the breakfast waiting for me, also waiting for me were many ships and beautiful views of this amazing place, our departure was on time 10.30am with the captain and this was a first because normally captains don't talk on board BF Cruise Ferries announcing that the crossing to Santander would take 24 hours exactly and the weather would be fine with a force 5 wind with choppy seas, but overall a comfortable crossing which in fact it was, force 5 and sunny all the way down to Santander is something very unusual at this time of the year, piece of cake for a ship like "PONT-AVEN". Sailing out of Portsmouth was as always an outstanding occasion, honestly is there many places in the World like this... I don't think so, the atmosphere on board for the many passengers was relaxed, the beginning of another holiday for the majority, the calm sea and beautiful sunshine helped, is it too much to ask for this weather for the next six months, just a bit warmer....... maybe yes..... photos taken yesterday 17.2.2013
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