A mum had to travel 14 hours by train to Truro after she was turned away from a ferry for being pregnant.
Katie Kissack, 32, was going to sail from Brittany to Plymouth so she could give birth in a British hospital next month.
But she was told she could not board the Roscoff to Plymouth ferry at 34 weeks pregnant and was told the upper limit was 32 weeks.
Katie said she and her three-year-old daughter then had to make a 600-mile train journey back to Truro via the Channel Tunnel and a train from London.
She said: "I am aware that my husband and I made an error in not noticing the 32-week limit when we booked.
"But the booking was made a long time ago. I consider myself to be in good health and so did not go into the special requirements area where we may have seen it.
"The journey has been long, tiring and extremely stressful. The risk of deep vein thrombosis due to a long seated train journey and rocketing costs are doing nothing to reduce the stress."
Her father, John Tisdale is a recently retired GP in St Erme. He had offered to take responsibility for her health during the crossing but the ferry company still refused to let her on board.
Spokesman Stephen Tuckwell said: "The captain's decision is final and the fact that he's a doctor does not give him the right to overrule the captain."
Brittany Ferries said the rules had been put in place to protect passengers' safety.
