Cue for a song: What a difference a day makes, Twenty four little hours … Where had all the sun gone? We collected our pain chocolat for our first indulgent French breakfast and headed south under grey skies with intermittent…

The sun greeted our morning departure for Dover and the 1:00 PM P&O ferry to Calais. We spent a casual hour or so loading the inevitable last-minute items, like food in the fridge and camera bags in the car, then…