Day 15 – Lowestoft to Chatham – 254 Miles.

We were woken at about 4am by the local foghorn, due to the thick mist that had developed overnight. After catching another couple of hours of shut-eye, we packed up camp for the last time, donning full waterproofs as the weather reports talked of rain.

However, once the sun was up, the mist burnt off and we were left boiling in the sunshine. A quick change was made at the next fuel stop, and we made our way through some really pretty Suffolk countryside, the village of Orford and the small town of Aldeburgh in particular were lovely.

We then descended into Essex, and had lunch at Clacton-on-Sea, and then onto Southend.

From here it was clear that we needed to take the M25 and use the Dartford Crossing to get into Kent without the nightmare of going through London. We got to the historic docks at around 4pm, and found our secure parking area. We met with Chris again, and he was reunited with Hero the Bear.

After the realisation that we’d finally finished we took some photos and had to head our separate ways.

I had to get up to Nottingham to see some friends who had just got married. Once onto the M25, the skies blackened and I was subjected to a hail and thunderstorm – I quickly pulled over to put on my waterproofs again! It didn’t last long though and by the time I was at the A1, the sun was out again.