In the end, an uneventful 3 hour drive from East Devon to Portsmouth Harbour. Storm Brendan is brewing in the Atlantic and we are waiting for our sailing to be cancelled. Presently the departure time has been put back from Sunday @23:00 to Monday morning @08:45.

This is apparently due to prior delays, not an attempt to avoid the impending storm acorss the Bay of Biscay.

No email or text alerts arrive so we set off early afternoon, arriving at the dock just before 5pm. We will camp here until boarding commences at 6:00am on Monday the 13th.

We discovered a nice little unspoilt pub close to the docks – the Ship and Castle – for early evening drinks. Shame we hadn’t know about this place before as it’s a much nicer spot to enjoy early evening drinkies than the port building. It also serves a very nice pint of Fullers ESB and is just a three minute walk from the quayside.