What a brill dayout.
We travelled from our home in Yorkshire on the Friday evening and stayed in Dover overnight.
Had a bit of toast, joined the ferry, found the group, a bunch of people with a common interest, I had not known any of the people before except a couple who we had met on a treasure hunt a few weeks before with our region {North Lincolnshire JEC}.
The ferry was smooth, then the day started to have highlights, a long line of XJ-s's travelling along the backroads of the Pas de Calais region, .
THEN we had our 'lunch' served within the Chateau Tilques restaurant, 7 courses !!! The diet went totally haywire.
We had a photoshoot in front of the grand facade of the chateau, then we set off, again along the 'lanes' of the region, to find the wine and beer warehouse.
As darkness was falling we decided that the day had come to anend so we travelled in convoy to the ferry port in Calais, we managed to board the earlier ferry than the one planned, and another smooth crossing was completed.
We all waved our farewells at the dock complex as we went our own routes home, however we had enjoyed the night in the hotel so much we decided to stay again on the Saturday night, we drove home on the Sunday morning, parking up for a couple of minutes en route at 11am as it was'Rememberance Sunday'
Thankyou all for making it a wonderful day, to ALL the organisers for planning it and to all the 'Cruisers' for being a nice bunch of people and making us feel welcome.
Hope there is another XJ-s 'trip' soon.
Richard Ward/JoyLightfoot
White 4.0L XJ-s :
What a great day that was!
