Sunday 9th September 1500

The car started fine this morning with no problems and after a lovely lunch in Plymouth at the Village Restaurant in the Barbican (recommended for a light lunch) we are now at the Brittany Ferry Terminal waiting to board.  We discussed whether we could have done any better to improve our sorry situation from yesterday but as Bill repaired the part that was faulty at home and our mechanic broke his weekend laws of not working the fuel starvation problem has now been solved and our decisions were definitely the right ones.  I did book us on the ferry from Portsmouth for the coming Tuesday to be on the safe side just in case the part could  not be repaired but re-changed the booking back to Plymouth for today- but at some cost.  We took one of the only two cabins left available on this crossing today.

The sun has come out and it is warm, a good omen for what is to come.  John S phoned me this morning for some eggs today so any egg customers must see Mackeral Mick in the Wheatsheaf this afternoon and forthcoming days.

I think they charge for wifi on the ferry so my next blog will be in Spain in a wifi spot.