Day 20 The rainy day that wasn’t

We had a bit of a lay in this morning after a little bit of a stressful night. The forecast overnight was for rain but not much wind, so we had left the awning up (it’s much easier to deal with a damp dog when you have a bit of shelter outside the van). Shortly after going to sleep last night, I was rudely awoken by the van shaking in the wind…. I can hear the awning flapping about a bit and I’m trying to convince myself that it’s all fine but after 5 mins of being terrified that it’s going to get ripped to shreds, I woke up Charlie to say we need to go and wind the awning in. After a bit of discussion whether it really needed to happen, we chucked shoes and a coat on, bought in the chairs, got the winding stick from its using place in the back of the van safely wound it in (turns out some neighbours were doing the same!). Poor Marla was very confused….
So - back to today! The forecast was for wet and miserable all day, so we decided to go shopping at a local outlet centre that we spotted on the drive in as well as a supermarket top up.
At the supermarket we finally found the machines to feed drinks cans into to get back the €0.25 deposit we’ve had to pay each time we’ve bought a can. I thought it was quite a fun experience, I tried to video the process but my fat fingers got in the way - plus I’m pretty sure I’ll be the only person that found it exciting 😂.
On to the outlet centre, they had a lot of wild flower areas in the car park which Marla loved having a sniff of. She was a superstar while we looked around the shops. There was only four shops, but they were big outlets with a lot of sportswear (Salomon, Vaude, Adidas etc)
Charlie treated himself to a new pair of trainers and I picked up a new rain jacket and hat in case of chilly weather.
We are lunch in the car park before heading back to camp, via a Rewe just round the corner to stick up on more Schwip Schwap (Coke and orange mix), sounds disgusting but is delicious!
We spent the afternoon packing up the outside stuff, which was lovely and dry as the rain never arrived today! Charlie had picked us up some Radlers for the afternoon, a wasp loved mine so much that he jumped in to bathe in it.
We also spent a while figuring out how to attach the red and while reflective board to the back of the cargo box as we’re heading to Italy tomorrow and it’s a legal requirement for anything sticking out. Dinner tonight was vegetarian bratwurst (when in Germany).
We also opened the mini bottles of goodness knows what that we bought in Titisee, after one sip they got taken to the washing up area and safely disposed of, I’m sure they did a great job of cleaning the drains 😵
We had a final wander around the lake just as the sun was setting. It’s beautiful round here, but I’m looking forward to new scenery tomorrow!Read more