Still bitterly cold!
Drove into Portsmouth but couldn't stay on the dock till 10pm-ish so met up with Ray and Ann and Steve Hazel and Kim on a car park near by just in time to watch the Rugby - England v France and we won! After a lot of hanging around we drove to the docks to join the queue. Peter and Anette were in front and Kate and Dave brought up the rear so after brief "hello's" we went to bed.
Knocked up about 7am then started the slow process of boarding. The ship was modern and stylish but our room was tiny. My bed was in the roof! Hazel and Steve had a state room where we were in tied for our inaugural booze up/ get together which went very well with the added bonus of Rugby in the background, Scotland v Ireland and amazingly Scotland won!
A good trip over and finally all met up to follow R and A onward and upward. The snow topped hills which had looked very picturesque from the boat became hairy scary as the rain turned to sleet, snow and ice and all the traffic came into one lane and then to a halt. Police and snow ploughs kept us going and after many miles we began to decend to another world of blue skies and sunshine.
Our journey south has been fairly univentful other than Ray's sat nav taking us off the motorway when it fancies a change and losing each other occasionally. It had been getting warmer during the day but today we have driven to Tarifa where the wind has picked up to some tune. When I read up on it, the place is a wind surfer's paradise. We have never seen so many wind turbines!
Some of us walked into the town which has quite a Moroccan feel with many narrow twisting streets and Moroccan style menus.
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