Now we are in England we find a need to sing “rain songs” but we need help at the moment we are constantly singing

Raindrops keep falling on my head

Singing in the rain

In never rains in southern California

Some where over the rain bow

These are getting boring please help with more songs

Thanks

Thanks to Sandra Keith and Ben for the rain songs they will keep us singing
all week

back to reality

Before we went away we bought a new washing machine a Miele and they are heavier than our last Hotpoint. As we live in a upside down house the utility room is upstairs and when the Miele gets spinning the floor was shaking. While in Germany looking round a large D.I.Y. store (as you do on holiday) we saw this anti vibration mat for 10 euros all you have to do is cut it to size fit a thin piece of plywood on the top to stop the feet sinking into the rubber. And slide it underneath, this has made it a lot quieter and stopped the floor vibration a lot. One good piece of advice when moving heavy appliances squirt some washing up liquid under the feet and they slide in a lot easier.

After leaving the ferry we went to Maidstone caravan club site via the railway station where we picked up Mark. It was great to see him and he stayed the night with us. (ear plugs were supplied so he could get some sleep)

It was a bit like xmas he brought a present of books, Wendys birthday presents, a anniversary present, a fathers day present and also a wi-fi booster Ariel kit so i can pick up wi-fi on sites in the camper instead of standing in receptions or sitting in busy bars. (any how i just love things with plugs on)

After dropping Mark off at the station we ended up on a certified location at Newbury (a farm field)

Dislike of the Day

The weather

Like of the Day

At least there are no flies about

Dislike of the day

The weather

Well that’s the European part of this trip over, It has been fantastic 11 weeks and we are both upset that it is ending, it’s strange how easily it becomes a way of life and the camper becomes your home. But ever onward we are meeting Mark tonight then onto Bristol on Sunday.

The trip up from Luxemburg was very straight forward with 2 stops in aires, one free and the other 3 euros (we remember why we love France, it is so camper friendly) On one of the aires there were 8 brits thats more English than we have seen in 11 weeks. (so I had a good natter) The only tricky bit was around Lille where we nearly became a bonnet mascot on a Romanian truck
!!!!!!!!

We also had some rain.

TopTip

When standing in a car park on a windy day, doing a Winston Churchill impression with a cigar, and the kettle starts to whistle when you put your cigar on the tarmac, always trap it with stones, or it can get blown under a car and you look a twit stretching under a strangers
car.

This has been our first trip to Germany with mixed views. The Rhein is a tourist trap with lots of industry and city’s. Lake Constance is pretty but expensive, and very busy with a major traffic problem. The black Forest is just that, with a few nice little lakes where the sites are, and the ski areas don’t appear to be used during the summer. The Bavarian Alps are good just like Austria. The Moselle is our favourite, its similar in geography to the Rhine but without the industry and city’s

Nothing we have found yet in our limited trip matches say the Lake District or Cornwall.

Its strange how people holiday, the Dutch move into Germany and Austria in there caravans. The Germans move down to Austria and northern Italy, and a few brits get everywhere.

The picture is of our last stop in Germany, a stellaplatz on a vineyard at 5 euro a night only 2km from a lovely small town, a lot different from the stellaplatzs on the Rhine or in the south of the country where they are the same price as campsites

Back in Luxemburg at a marina aire, great pitch for 11euro. Just filled up with diesel 1.18 euro a ltr

Murphys law

As we all know if you drop toast it lands butter down, well our toilet has a red light that tells you when it requires emptying. well it always comes on just as you are going to bed or during the night, giving a nice job first thing in the morning.