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| Dinner with very special friends, Conny and Hitten |
Obviously coming to the end of the holiday with combining
two days!! The good news from yesterday the guys at Fischer were amazing, Klaus worked on the van straight away and it ended
up being a quick fix with the water heater, he put all the cabinets back for Ian
then did a couple of other repairs and we were on our way two hours later.
Having a company like Fischer’s that we know so well and trust is invaluable,
and they understand our situation and work with us.
Then it was off to Conny and Hitten’s to stay the night. The
builders had just started ripping out their old kitchen and removing some walls
to make it open plan. Had a great day with them, and walked into the village
for a traditional pork schnitzel dinner in the evening. So good, especially the
green peppercorn sauce I had with mine. We had parked in the street and slept
in the van, but enjoyed using their really good shower – the first “proper” one
for four months!!!
Decided to have an overnight at one of our favourite spots,
right on the Rhine Canal at Tolkamer. We are parked metres from the river and
the boat traffic is almost non-stop. Before
we left this morning, I sat down with the map and worked out a route which
would take us west of Dusseldorf before heading north beside the Netherlands
border. Everything looked okay until Hitten saw the beginning of the route and
it was on a motorway that no longer exists….there is now a very new one, so he
decided to lead us onto the motorway we needed. All was going well until we
found another new motorway system and missed the turnoff and we ended up heading
to Aachen! The navigator was getting a tad stressed too, so we continued to the
next exit and retraced out steps and somehow there were more issues and we were
heading back to Dusseldorf! By this stage I was throwing my toys out….and Jilly
out! Turned around once again and finally got onto a road that took us where we
wanted to go…grrrr!
The rest of the drive went pretty well, and we passed
through many beautiful German villages and countryside. After a very late lunch
stop in a supermarket carpark it was onto Tolkamer and only two other campers
here tonight. The weather has been surprisingly mild and sunny, with temperatures
reaching 15. Pulled the chairs out and enjoyed the last of the sun before it
set at 5pm. Tonight I have a casserole cooking using beef cheeks. Smelling good
and hope it is as tender as what I had in a restaurant recently. Certainly the
days of barbecuing have long gone! And not much in the way of photos either!
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| Autumn colours in Conny's Garden |
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| Non stop boats on the Rhine |
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| A large boat building yard behind the camp. |
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| Playing with double exposures!!! |
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| Unloading a boat at sunset. |
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