Well, we arrived in Bilbao right on time.
After a crossing of the Bay of Biscay that can only be
described as like being on a river cruise we disembarked from the ferry and
drove to just by the Terminal building where we are camped for the night, along
with about a dozen other motorhomes.
Loading at Portsmouth took forever it seemed. We arrived at
about 14.30 in plenty of time for a 16.30 departure. At this time however we were
still on the quay waiting to be loaded. Eventually we got on after wondering if
they were running out of space (someone kept coming round counting how many
vehicles were still due to board). There were only five after us and by 17.15
we had cast off.
The Cap Finistere ferry that we were on is about 32000 tons
and can do 28knots so we made up the time easily especially in the calm
conditions seeing very little other shipping on the way. Lunch on deck made a
very civilised start to our trip while about five hours out from Bilbao.
More news when able to update.
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