About a week before the family arrived in Marrakesh, James received a notification of his hospital audiology appointment on 21st December. We left the Riad about Exchanged our ticket for a boarding pass for the Plenty of time to give Corrie a good beach walk and for us to have a good meal out. Fortunately we gave ourselves plenty of time to get through customs, passport control etc.
Our car was put under a scanner, just as it had on arriving in Morocco. Sniffer dog in at all the doors too. All purchased at several hundred Euros. But just waved through. I wondered if the lack of officialdom was due to it being the middle of the night. At least we paid for peace of mind bringing the dogs back into the EU.
Having arrived in Spain, we just drove! We stopped to pee, buy snacks and change driver. We did both sleep parked outside a cafe for about an hour and a half. Driving all day on the 18th, we reached just south of Bordeaux. Onto the hotel and a nearby restaurant. So lovely to be able to drink wine with your meal!!! The 19th was another none stop driving day. We arrived in Calais at 6. We could have made a crossing that evening, but decided not to arrive at the Aged Ps house in the small hours.
And it was a stones throw from a lovely restaurant. So we elected to have the more expensive set menu! All three courses!!! On the morning of the 20th, I did the booze and cheese shop whilst James and Corrie braved the icy sea winds.
Premium lounge for lunch on the DFDS ferry. J made his audiology appointment. Only another months to actually receive his hearing aids. Up to 6 months further wait at Chichester. So that will be nearly a year since he started the NHS application.
