Today we are driving home and therefore start the day a little earlier than usual. Apart from a Pret at the other end of the shopping centre, nothing is open yet. But that’s enough to buy a breakfast and sandwiches for the road. Finally our luggage and all the shopping is loaded. Wow! The car is quite full!

We make good progress. There is little traffic on the roads. Until suddenly, about 30 miles before the Eurotunnel terminal, nothing goes anymore. Construction site signs and traffic cones turn the three lanes of the motorway into one and then lead us to the next exit. The motorway ahead is closed. From now on, we only make progress at a snail’s pace. Apparently there has been an accident on the diversions route and an old Ford Mustang has broken down. You can hardly get past it because of the oncoming traffic. Great. At least we manage to drive around at least part of the traffic jam thanks to LucY’s big screen. Nevertheless, we have lost about an hour.

We have to wait again at passport control. While the English have six counters open for exit, the French only have three entry counters. They probably want to work less on Sundays. At least it all goes really quickly afterwards. We are the last car to board the next train and arrive in France 35 minutes later.

In Calais, we search in vain for the Tesla Supercharger on the map. The area has apparently been a large construction site for months and the charging stations are no longer there. At least there’s enough battery left to reach the next Supercharger south of Lille. Due to the time difference, we have lost another hour. In the meantime, it’s 3 pm and time for lunch.

In Reims we make another charging stop and are not at all thrilled: it is already 5:30 pm and we are not even halfway through France. Quickly onwards again!

In Nancy we charge the battery again really well. That will be enough to get us home. There’s a KFC nearby where I pick up something for dinner. It is now 8pm.

LucY takes us again via the small motorways and through the Maurice Lemaire tunnel in the Vosges. This is more direct than the big curve over Strasbourg and therefore needs less electricity.

At about half past ten we cross the border in Basel and arrive home shortly before midnight – after a last short stop at a Rüedu shop for milk and a yoghurt for breakfast, as the Swiss service station shops are all closed at this time.