Monday 18 September 2023

The start

My holiday always starts from when I leave home. I had arranged to meet my nephew in Burton upon Trent, on my way down south. We had a great catch up coffee and cake at Costa Coffee. Ady says Hi. 
My camp on Rownham Services on the M27. It was very quiet on the car parking side on a Saturday night. There are quite a lot of lorries over there on the truck park. As it is so close to the docks of Southampton and Portsmouth it is a convenient place to overnight park for deliveries the next day. Docks work 24 hours seven days. I paid £13 to park here. 
There were five of these big machines parked up overnight. Three of them were off early, gone before I had chance to get photo's of all of them. I had a chat to the driver of this one. Trucking talk of course, just like old times. Aren't they wonderful. 

I got an earlier boat, so I waited for the one I had booked to come in. 
Catch ya tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona

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  1. Debi from Leicester.Hi back to you Ady!!.I bet you had a great time catching up with your nephew.I bet it was lovely talking to one of the truckers as well.I am saving your video for tomorrow,Tuesday morning,when I get up,and make myself a cup of tea...after I have sorted all the cats out.I am so looking forward to watching it.xx
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    1. It was good to chat with Ady. We are very much on the same wavelength.

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  2. Oh great to see one of your nephews. Hi Ady 🤗. This is going to be an exciting trip!!! Car camping is a brilliant way to go on holiday and not break the bank. Thanks so much for taking us along.

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  3. The ferry looks such fun. Was it expensive?

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    1. It was around £200. You can check prices here.

      https://www.wightlink.co.uk/

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    2. Thank you, I wondered because you always mention the cost of parking which is quite low, but didn’t mention one of the most expensive costs - the ferry.

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    3. You can't really compare the cost of running a ferry, with a piece of tarmac which allows car parking. I thought the ferry was quite reasonable. Although the space my car occupied was for a short period of time, when you take into account the hundreds of thousands of £'s it takes to run a ferry for a week.

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  4. Looks lovely Ilona. It's been some time since I went to the Island but I know it's lovey and you'll enjoy it. catch up when you get back. Enjoy. Briony x

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    1. I am at home now Briony. Will take a week to post all the photo's and upload the videos. Catch up soon.

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  5. Ady your nephew looks a cool dude bet he was pleased to see youx

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    1. We usually communicate online, so it was nice to have a face to face chat. He is very much wide awake.

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