Dash for the Coast - February 17th

Two hours to cover the 16 miles to Dover to catch the ferry. Made good progress along the beloved A2 and finally made it after which the ferry was 1 hour late leaving. Nice chat with some bikers in the queue who said that snow threatened. I have decided that I only want to hear positive news from now on. Wobbled off the ferry at Calais, got lost in town and then found the canal path heading East. Made good progress until the path was blocked for dredging so had to set off inland. This meant that reaching St Omer for the night was not on so finally set off up a track to camp in the forest. There always seem to be big 'Private' signs in France and that together with cars with headlights driving past until midnight meant keeping a low profile. But at least I proved that I could camp and cook meatballs