Friday/Saturday/Sunday 4th-6th April 2025.
We headed down to Portsmouth on Friday afternoon meeting up with travel buddies Alison and Peter at Port Solent.
Port Solent is a marina and leisure area with a cinema, shops, restaurants and bars it is only a few miles from the ferry port at Portsmouth so it was a good stopping off place. We had a meal at Wetherspoons before moving on to the port.
We were travelling on the Santona from Portsmouth to Santander in northern Spain, sadly people travelling with dogs were the last to board which was annoying. We had a dog friendly cabin which was adequate for our needs.
We met up in the bar for a nightcap and left when the entertainer began singing, didn’t sleep brilliantly well but there was no rush to get up. Midday on Saturday Michelle and I went to the bar lounge area and consumed a picnic we had taken with us.
After lunch we went up onto the top deck, weather was glorious and much to our surprise we could see the coast of Brittany.
We spent a little time in the sunshine marvelling at how calm the sea was.
We opted for an evening meal together in the restaurant where the menu had a French bias, the starter buffet was admired by all and enjoyed by Alison and Peter.
After the meal we went to the bar for another drink only to be driven out by another entertainer who equated loud singing as good singing.
We were up early Sunday morning and were just in time to take a few photos as we entered Santander, it was still dawn and the lighthouses were flashing.
It took an age to get off the ferry and out of the port but eventually we were out on the open road which for the whole of the journey was relatively traffic free, we arrived at tonight’s stop in Leon northern Spain around midday.
taraabit 