Day 5 - Back To The Future and In To The Night

After a restful night's sleep (in a bed) it was hard to get up this morning but luckily we were in no rush. Harwich is about 40 miles from Debenham and our ferry wasn't due to sail until 23.45 which meant we had time to enjoy a leisurely breakfast and a constant tream of tea until we rolled out of Dragoman HQ just after 1pm...
We'd heard there wasn't much to do in Harwich so we decided to stop in Ipswich a while on the way. We'd also heard (thanks Chris M) that Back to the Future was showing at the cinema and so thought we'd continue the relaxed theme of the day and catch this all-time classic and despite paying 4 quid for popcorn it was well worth it (even better on the big screen - go and see it if you can!). As we were leaving a lady stopped us and donated $10.50 and, I forgot to mention, earlier in town we asked a lady for directions and she gave us $15 - we love you Ipswich!!!
After the film we hot-peddled out of town towards Manningtree and Harwich, 20 miles or so....in the dark! With our bright lights shining and our hi-vis glowing we were ready for action! Actually, it was quite a spooky ride - particularly the very quiet road from Wrabness to Harwich - we could see the lights of the port but for miles they didn't seem to be getting any closer. finally we made it by which time the popcorm had gone down and we were ready to be comforted by some chip shop chips! We found a good chippy in the old part of town and then followed the endless chain of roundabouts to the ferry.
Onboard and overwhelmed by the sheer luxury of ferries these days (the last time I went on one I was about 12) we settled down for the night and caught the last half hour of my beloved Question Time - yes, there was even a TV in our budget cabin - brilliant!

Now, if at this point you're thinking hang on a minute, Ididn't sponsor these two girls to go swanning off to the cinema and stay in accomodation with beds and clean running water and TVs please bear with us as from now on I have a feeling tyhings are going to get tougher...
42 miles today.