Day 16: travel day home to Bristol

I actually feel like I slept ok. Lots of short stints, but no struggles to nod off like the journey down. We watched the film 'The Railway Man' until about 12.45am and then the whole coach slept. The twins were fairly restless through the night, but pretty much asleep all the time. Tom said to me very sleepily at one point 'it's really hard to sleep in a chair' before going straight back to sleep again! Very cute! Because they are small they can contort themselves into loads of different sleeping positions which is fascinating to watch. Emily is currently on her side but with her legs twisted the other way up on the table. Tom is curled up in a ball with his head facing downwards and he has lost his booster seat altogether onto the floor! We arrived in Calais promptly for our ferry only to find it has been cancelled so we get on the 8.30am one instead. In the meantime, Jason serves us our sausage and bacon baps with tea and orange juice! We head onto the ferry and get another cup of tea - much needed.

The ferry journey went smoothly and we were off the other side in the coach by 9.40 English time, heading towards to car park.

By 11am we were loaded up and heading back to Bristol in the car. We got home in good time with only a small holdup on the M25. Got home at 3pm.

The very first thing Emily asked was 'can I take these clothes off mummy and put on a dress'... It was so funny, we all laughed and laughed! She has obviously felt her fashion sense has been crushed having the grand total of cycling shorts and top, 2 pairs of shorts, 2 tops, one pair of trousers, 2 pairs of knicker and a jumper for 2 weeks! On the plus side, there will be a lot less washing to do than when we get back from a 'normal' holiday!

Tom's sleeping position this morning!

Unloading the coach in Dover 

Waiting for daddy to pick us up in the car

The 'outfit' Emily chose the minute she got home :-)

Coach Journey through France

The children were amazing on the coach considering we were on it for 21 hours! They occupied themselves by colouring, watching a DVD 'Monster in Paris' and sleeping. 

Hannah was the first to go to sleep at around 9pm. The twins took longer, but they all slept all night, waking about 7.30am French time. As coach journeys go, it could have been a lot worse - the highlight for me was the inboard concierge, Jason, who made us feel very welcome considering we had the only young children on board. He served us our food first - yummy lasagna for dinner and bacon and sausage sandwiches for breakfast - the tea was good too! Low point for me is always going to be lack for sleep or even finding a comfortable position. At 1am I gave up and read for a while. I did eventually get a little sleep as did Adrian. 

In the ferry leaving Dover

Asleep in the middle of the night!

Colouring...