And we're off!
1. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
After an overnight stay at Harwich port we set off for the Hook of Holland. Good crossing on a flat calm sea. Only 10 minutes to our first campsite and a lovely 3 mile walk on the beach before theWeiterlesen
Vlugtenburg beach
1. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Wonderful beach, good for cricket!
Cycling
2. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Had a day cycling round.🚴♀️ Love the dedicated bike paths here, away from the traffic. Stopped for coffee ☕️and a sneaky cake🍰 before heading back to the campsite to chill and readWeiterlesen
Tulips galore
3. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
More tulips x
Keukenhof tulips
3. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
What a brilliant day. Amazing place. Arrived at 9am and walked 🚶♀️walked 🚶♂️ and walked! About 9 miles in all. Think we saw every single tulip! 🌷really recommend to anyone who likes gardens.
Amsterdam
4. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Parked up over the river and took a free ferry into Centraal Station right in the heart of Amsterdam. Spent the next 10 hours exploring this hospitable city, good vibes. Did do a 75 minute boat rideWeiterlesen
Street entertainer
4. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Street entertainment in Amsterdam. Stood and watched for 10 mins to relax our weary legs!
Nature reserve
5. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Left Amsterdam this morning, quick food stock up at Jumbo supermarket we headed north and stopped at lovely nature reserve. Egrets, herons, oyster catchers and terns. Evening stroll to meet theWeiterlesen
Hoorn
6. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Cycled along the bike path to Hoorn, 7 miles away, watching the geese, herons, egrets and spotted a single spoonbill. Stopped for coffee at the historic weighing house, now a cafe. Note the leaningWeiterlesen
Enkhuizan
7. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Left our lovely campsite and headed up to Enkhuizan to cross the causeway. Just before the crossing we noticed the zuiderzeemuseum, a museum devoted to preserving the cultural heritage from thatWeiterlesen
Arnhem
8. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Travelled to Arnhem to go to the airborne museum about "operation market garden". Cycled to the museum and then walked through the town.
Oosterbeek airborne museum and cemetery
9. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Another full day round the museums, now to watch "a bridge too far" again!
Private tour
10. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Woke up to next a WW2 bunker. 2 men were opening it to show the school kids round, so mark went to have a word and in exchange for two coffees, he got a personal guided tour and then they took him toWeiterlesen
Locks
11. Mai 2023 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Mark got up early to do spot of fishing and caught a large bream. Then off on our bikes over 4 bridges watching the continuous stream of enormous cargo ships go through the locks before cycling intoWeiterlesen
Chateau franchimont
12. Mai 2023 in Belgien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Now on Belgium/German border in the Ardennes. Beautiful scenery and visited a 13th century château in various stages of renovation. Passed by our first belgium war museum "unfortunately " closedWeiterlesen
Battle of Bulge museum and waterfalls
13. Mai 2023 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Visited a small independent museum recommended by our bunker guides which was a site of an important battle in WW2 at La Gleize, Belgium, very informative. Then off to Coo waterfalls for scenery andWeiterlesen
Bastonge
14. Mai 2023 in Belgien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Stayed the night by the "fox holes" just outside Bastogne , where the Americans hid from the Germans in one of the worst winters of the WW2 war. Up early to visit the bastogne war museum and theWeiterlesen
Luxembourg
16. Mai 2023 in Luxemburg ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Had a couple of nights with some English campers, 2 came from cleethorpes and we can stay with them when we go to see auntie Jean! In Luxembourg all the public transport is free so off we go toWeiterlesen
Mullerthal waterfall
17. Mai 2023 in Luxemburg ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Did a lovely walk to these waterfalls.
Moselle river
18. Mai 2023 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Driving and walking along the Moselle river. Vines each side. Germany one side and Luxembourg the other.
Burtoncourt campsite
19. Mai 2023 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A couple of nights at this campsite to recharge our batteries which happened to have a fishing lake! Out with the bbq, table and chairs after a few nights on motorhome Park 4 the night. Quite a fewWeiterlesen
Mining museum
20. Mai 2023 in Luxemburg ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Starting to drive back home slowly through Luxembourg to full up with the cheap diesel. Happen to drive through mining communities and Mark spotted a musuem he fancied! Interesting informative toWeiterlesen
Fond-de-gras steam railway
21. Mai 2023 in Luxemburg ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Trip on the steam train through the countryside, walk and coffee in the town then return on the ancient diesel. Looked liked a VW!
Camping le heron
23. Mai 2023 in Belgien ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
After travelling and museumed out we booked into a lovely very quiet Campsite by a river for a couple of days relaxation, although still doing 10,000 steps away and cycling. Mark caught a lovely tenchWeiterlesen
Rivers and fishing
25. Mai 2023 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Couple of days chilling, walking, cycling and fishing gradually making our way back home!

























































































































































































