Cars and Cathedrals Tour 2026 - London to Rouen
Having left the house in the hands of the window installers, greenhouse watering in the hands of my neighbour, remembering on route to add Ava (the car, a Renault Avantime) to my Dart Charge account and getting pulled for a rather perfunctory security check at the Channel Tunnel we eventually arrived at the Holiday Inn at Calais Coquelles. This was just and only just in time for last orders at the restaurant (9.45pm). It felt slightly closer to a refuelling exercise than relaxed holiday dinner but lunch hadn’t happened and entrecôte frites was most welcome. ….. and superbly cooked. Hotel very pleasant, gardens, squash court and swimming pool, not that we were there long enough to really make the most of either. There was a seemingly well equipped gym also but we would need to be there for a very long time before either of us was likely to make use of that. Large room and really good size bath (excellent). ...