Friday 20th September We left the Hymer showrooms since we weren’t going to be waiting for the to reopen on the 1st October and headed off to a small stellplatz to the north of Wurzburg. We’ve been to Wurzburg before…
Disappointment after disappointment
Wednesday 18th September We really shouldn’t have anything to complain about but some days just don’t work out quiet as well as they should. We left you on Monday and things were going very well. We had some very good…
Soup of the Day
Monday 16th September Sorry, missed a day. I can only blame Bernhard and Ursula for leading me off into bad habits which meant I was slightly worse for wear yesterday. After filling up with water at Bernhard’s, we were directed…
Mein Hosts
Saturday 14th September Who would have ever guessed that we would ever get up to blog number 300? Looking back it looks like we’ve covered most of Europe, which is one of the reasons that we started stewarding but after…
Friday the Thirteenth
Friday 13th September Driving along the motorway from Ettlingen towards Stuttgart I notice the clock said Friday 13th September. Hope nothing goes wrong today. First view approaching the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, no problem, found the place, easy peasy. Parking…
Free Fursday for a while
Thursday 12th September We arrived at Ettlingen yesterday, a town we have already been to before. Two reasons why we are here, it’s on the way to where we are going, and it’s got the nearest thing to Wetherspoons we’ve…
HOW FAR?
Wednesday 11th September After yesterdays near disaster of running out of beer and having to resort to the chemical cocktail whisky our first stop had to be Lidls, and it had to be a German Lidls as well. This nearly…
Vive La France
Tuesday 10th September Last night was exceptionally quiet, even the birds didn’t wake up until 8.30 this morning. Our plan is to cycle into Strasbourg today and the cycle routes and flat countryside make it so easy. Add in that…
Wir sind in Deutschland
Monday 9th September Yesterday was a bit of a quiet day so you’re getting two days worth here, whether you want it or not. One of the consequences of trying to fill in the gaps, or see the bits we…
A surprise in the woods
Saturday 7th September For some reason, Pierrefonds is in my notebook as somewhere to visit. I can only think that someone has recommended this town as a good place to visit and it was nearly on the way to Germany,…