{"id":1485,"date":"2016-05-17T23:17:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T23:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2016-05-26T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:24:56","slug":"eurotrip-5-2016-day-45-46-bilbao-to-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1485","title":{"rendered":"Eurotrip 5, 2016 \u2013 Day 45 &#038; 46, Bilbao to Portsmouth&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite our slightly tardy departure from Bilbao the previous evening, we arrived on time at Portsmouth, having enjoyed a very nice meal during the crossing and a free Breakfast courtesy of our Brittany Ferries club card.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1480\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_103610-e1464110264625-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stuck...\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_103610-e1464110264625-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_103610-e1464110264625-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_103610-e1464110264625-432x768.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/20160518_103610-e1464110264625-767x1364.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stuck&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The disembarkation was somewhat less prompt. The &#8220;abnormal load&#8221; which had delayed our departure proceeded to get stuck on the off ramp, blocking all other vehicles from driving off the ferry. After a couple of hours, Brittany Ferries abandoned their attempts to free up the stuck vehicle and we all returned onto deck, allowing the boat to move to a new berth.<\/p>\n<p>Not a great week or two for Brittany Ferries, given their flagship vessel, the Pont Aven, is still stuck in dry dock at Brest.<\/p>\n<p>Final task of the holiday was to visit a public weighbridge and check the various weights of the van and car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite our slightly tardy departure from Bilbao the previous evening, we arrived on time at Portsmouth, having enjoyed a very nice meal during the crossing and a free Breakfast courtesy of our Brittany Ferries club card. The disembarkation was somewhat less prompt. The &#8220;abnormal load&#8221; which had delayed our departure proceeded to get stuck on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eurotrip 5, 2016 \u2013 Day 45 &#038; 46, Bilbao to Portsmouth&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-europe-spain","category-2016-europe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1485"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1497,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}