25/09/2012

Day 25

This was meant to be from Girvan to Strabane, but again the plans have changed. Due to our very tight budget I was originally going over to Northern Ireland by myself as a return ticket for a cycle and one adult is £60 and a return for a van and two adults is over £300.

But because we are a team and have endured so much together already, and I wasn't implying just this expedition also, it felt wrong to even consider otherwise. So we approached the ferry terminal at Cairnrayn and asked if there was any concession for charity work and explained our situation.

The clerk wrote down a number on a piece of paper and said to contact Mr John McColm at P&O Ferries, and so Patricia did. He asked us to provide more information on our expedition and the Haven. We sent him links to all the sites we have including the Haven's webpage and explained our journey and reasons for doing it.

 By the way this was round 12:00 this morning. We sat around all day wondering what was it to be and around 16:00 we still had no reply from Mr McColm. By this time our spirits dropped and Tricia decided to send one last e-mail of desperation at 16:50. % minutes later Mr McColm phoned and assured us of a spot on the ferry for a return van and two adults for just a £100, he also said that he will e-mail the reference number and to be at the terminal at 04:00am.

5 minutes later we had an e-mail come through from Mr Arthur Murphy stating our reference number and an even better deal at £95.

 We took this last photo for the day to have an early night for an early morning and a long day tomorrow.

Thank you to P&O Ferries for your generous and kind reduction on our return ferry fares.