Leaving Antibes with a full van (Sophie, Brad and Andy also along for the journey) we went south west into wine country. Not sure about the laws concerning extra passengers, they would have to duck for cover whenever the authorities were spotted. Research failed to clarify the law... it seams to be a grey area, in the too hard basket apparently? Not keen to find out the hard way, the stowaways played hide and go seek. It was a slow journey up hill most of the way...

Leaving Pozières, we decided to head to Amiens with Brad and Mikki to check out the city. Not realising how big it actually is we drove into the centre and quickly learned that Chardy is not a city slicker! Narrow streets and big intersections with little room for error. After a close shave we decided it best to part ways with Brad and Mikki and get back to the open road with our compass set on Antibes. We shared the driving through the night, pulling into a tr...

Wednesday morning. We wake early to hit the road for Dover. Not by choice..... but due to the upcoming Olympics in London, there is no parking after 7am. So we leave Gartoll's gaff early pushing through textbook London weather and work traffic. A good test of driver and vehicle in the tight city streets. Once on the highway it was time to stretch her legs, see how fast Chardy would really go. It wasn't long before we were tearing along at 90km/h. In no time at a...