Blogs from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 43

As this might be our last chance to visit Linda’s sister in Northern Ireland before we returned to the States, we decided to spend our one week summer vacation with her family. It was to be a quick trip; not stopping in England either going or coming back other than necessary. 12 August 1995 Saturday. We left Overijse early and crossed the channel from Calais to Dover. From Dover we continued around on the M25 the south of London and west on the M4 to Wales. We arrived at the ferry terminal in Fishguard by late afternoon. As I was driving onto the ferry I heard my brakes squeal metal on metal. That meant my brakes were gone. There wasn’t much I could do, but I knew what to expect when I disembarked. We arrived in ... read more