Yes indeed Bern, a trip I have made myself to see my Dearest Dad albeit a different route but I was lucky and got almost two days with him, how frustrating this must have been for you! but Thank God in the end you made it to see your Dad.
I know that Diane is very keen to pursue good relations with Calais and what a great time for it now, makes good business sense to me, we can almost touch France from Dover so lets get on with it