Saale-Orla-Kreis

After staying another night at Meyenburg to pick up Poppy's pills, we made like swallows and headed south. Whilst the sun is still shining, it has a lot less power and we are needing to give the heating a little blast in the mornings to make up for the warmth the van loses overnight.

We are looking forward to meeting our friend Ade in Münich and thought we'd zip down and scope out a few stopovers for when he stays with us. Travelling 400km south on the motorway we saw the land around us changing from flat sandy earth to undulating forestscapes with soils that were darker and more red. We stayed in a restplace on th A9 where there were signs asking people not to drop food as it encouraged the wild boar! We are very lucky to be able to stay at these convenient restplaces - something that British services prevent.Read more