Sunday morning, no rush
and bacon & eggs! Nice morning so after breakfast serviced Bertie
and gave him a bit of a wash, well got the worst off anyway. We know
it will inevitably rain but it's a start. Last off this pleasant
little spot – there were 14 vans parked overnight – and back onto
the autobahns which were very busy, not with trucks which were all
parked up in the rest areas, but it seemed everybody else was out
rushing around the countryside.
Held up once or twice
by roadworks and surprisingly often when three lanes became two. Saw
one monumental traffic jam going the other way, caused by a breakdown
being recovered right at the start of roadworks and nobody could get
past the breakdown truck. As predicted we also suffered some very
heavy rain showers but generally it was a nice run.
A comfort stop turned
into a lunch break just west of Osnabruck, then we carried on back on
the route we used coming out. Around 5-ish near Essen we decided we'd
had enough for the day so stopped to get our bearings and spotted a
stellplatze only a few minutes away. We thought the name was vaguely
familiar but it was only as we approached it we realised it had been
our first stop in Germany outbound. So with the sun shining
brilliantly out of a clear blue sky, got the chairs out, cracked a
bottle of something cool and relaxed. Dependant upon the weather we
might stop a couple of nights.
We are effectively now
only one (long) days drive from Calais and about a week ahead of
schedule. However our feelings are that we do not mind going home
early, with all the problems we've had, so we'll probably change our
Chunnel booking. But before that, of course, we have to take Jamie to
a vet for his worming treatment and Pet Passport signature which will
mean a couple of days delay. We'll take it one day at a time now.
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