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Originally Posted by John Elwin

No, no, no Gerard, nothing but the best inflatables are used on this route. After all, we can hardly expect our clients to slum it. However, perhaps you could convert your electric push-bike to a pedalo just in case we need a tow. If this weather holds out, it should be a very pleasant crossing.

Once we arrive, there will be a luxury coach awaiting us, to take us to a four-star hotel. Our stay there includes an optional visit to a football ground. It is yet to be confirmed whether this will be Reading, where Iain will be waiting to greet us, or Luton, where Bob will be our tour guide for the evening.

The following day we will transfer by coach to the venue for the Ten Tenths gathering.

As yet, there are no plans for our return journey to France so we will have to make our own way home, but the French navy is unlikely to welcome us, so a longer-than-planned stay in the UK may be necessary. That might involve a holiday on one of the more remote Orkney Isles!

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