Big Thanks to CC and P&O

Coming up through Spain and back into France, Catherine started to have a dry cough and shortness of breath. We reached our daughter's house in the Alpes and he GP diagnosed that Catherine had pnemonia. This was confirmed by xray and ct scan in the following two days.

We had booked our ferry home for the 14th and had to amend our booking, but to which date? The Caravan Club Travel Service and P&O  between them arranged for a new date but with fexibibilty to change again.

After 10 days on antibiotics, Catherine had made a little progress and she wanted to get home. We travelled the 600 miles to Calais in 3 days, stopping at Ibis and Campanile motels with ground floor rooms and parking for our motorhome. The final stumbling block would be the stairs on the ferry! Once again CC and P&O came up trumps. Between them thay arranged for us to be parked next to a lift and for a wheel chair to be available.

A big thank you to the crew of the Pride of Kent for looking after us so well.. In particular, thanks to Alan Philips for getting Catherine to and from the car deck.

Catherine has spent a week in hospital, where stronger medication  has led to a big improvement in her condition. Thank you Nottingham City Hospital.