We spent the day at Brownhills until they had completed several minor jobs on the van. One of them was fit a speedo which shows mph AS WELL as just kph, mind you it's so inaccurate they may as well have fitted an Eccles cake, at least that has some purpose :-p. Late afternoon we headed for a rendezvous (I just lurrrve to get these French words in) we Richard and family for Xmas pressie swop, we only saw them for a few mins as we were both off on our separate travels. We arrived at a Britstop about 8pm  The Fleur de Lys, Widdington, now the old man isn't easily impressed these days but when you walk into a busy pub and the landlord welcomes you and introduces himself, now THAT'S impressive! Maybe he mistook Bri for somebody who actually had money! An excellent array of beers and food available but the oldies just sampled the beer this time. A very peaceful night spent in the pubs car park so thanks Chris, mind you we half expected bacon butties delivered in the morning :-)
http://thefleurdelys.co.uk/ 

After a quick restock from Maidstone Aldi we arrived at the tunnel well ahead of time so depart just aback of 5pm. Tonight's stop is an aire just outside Calais.