Alton Towers and return marbella /cherbourg

And so it was the girls planned from months ago , trip to Alton Towers suzie laura fifi and sj two rooms car rented in manchester we drove throught he midlands to Alton we just had the best few days , hairy scary rides that would curl your hair , we did the lot , it rained and rained , plastic ponchos sogging feet dripping hair , but did we care ?? Of course not will load some photos .
A weekend planned in marbella with the girls to sort out the house , veg, take out the boat , do a bit of skiing , and chill before the long drive back .
Most relaxing I might add , I piled the car high with everybodies everything and Fifi and I set off from Marbella at 3pm on a monday . We managed to get as far as Chinchon , about 700km and my wonderful (mostly) satnav , Rick , took me off the motorway towards the town , or so I thought , after 30 minutes , a narrow road , a narrower dirt trrack and a field , and a hedge in front of me , Hey I m not in Chinchon !! eventually at about 10 pm I found the hotel the town and a restaurant ! Yippee .
A tour of the village , and off again this time Biarritz was my destination . The temperature slowly began to fall from 32 degrees to a 16 once we hit the pyranees , the cloud came over and the bloody rain came down . the traffic was bumper to bumper for miles and miles , this was not a happy day !! Fifi was fantastic, she wasnt great at the map reading , hey , but really good company and was enjoying it !
Biarritz, nice hotel , fab restaurant , margaritas , but cold cold , winter had arrived for the French , apparently they had had a horrendous summer also . an umbrella later ,a fleece and a jacket we set off , and drove to Rennes , still raining , raining , raining , cold cold cold . Rennes was cool , but not much time to hang around we arrived at cherbourg the next day at 4 pm . luxurious accomodation (about the same size as my utility room , shrek 3 in the cinema , dinner in renoirs , we retired to our cabin and I did my usual on boats , slept for Ireland .Short enough journey from Rosslare to Dublin , but was I ever a happy bunny to be finally home til christmas ! stop laughing , Its true .college for me , wine diploma course , digital photography course , busy busy winter ahead , and guess what ??? I cant wait !!