The simple answers are that: β It is definitely worth it, β We prefer traveling in our own camper that we know, and, β There are lots of different ways to travel by camper in Europe. But these tickets limit the time in the US, so we needed to break the cycle and have more time in the US. We cast around for options.
A one way ticket cost almost as much as a round trip, so we decided to try to go by sea. The obvious choice is the Queen Mary, but having been on her twice, she is not our favorite ship. More on this later. The dates worked and so we signed up. The ship was leaving from Tilbury Docks on the eastern side of London. With the safely parked, and our bags packed, we took the train from Yatton, to Paddington Station in London.
We then managed to meet always a challenge the taxi service, which we had prebooked. Traffic was absolutely horrendous and the 45 miles took about two and a half hours. We had a rather uninspiring stay at a hotel near the port, before finding another taxi to take us to the port, the next day.
The Tilbury terminal turned out to be an old port, newly refinished, and perhaps most famous as the landing port for the Windrush immigrants.
After dark we sailed past a mysterious set of towers in the river. The Maunsell Forts were built to keep the Germans from laying mines and to provide a platform for anti-aircraft guns.
