And we're off!
1 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
Vlugtenburg beach
1 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Wonderful beach, good for cricket!
Cycling
2 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☀️ 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 readЧитать далее
Tulips galore
3 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
More tulips x
Keukenhof tulips
3 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 rideЧитать далее
Street entertainer
4 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Street entertainment in Amsterdam. Stood and watched for 10 mins to relax our weary legs!
Nature reserve
5 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ 🌧 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 theЧитать далее
Hoorn
6 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 leaningЧитать далее
Enkhuizan
7 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 thatЧитать далее
Arnhem
8 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Another full day round the museums, now to watch "a bridge too far" again!
Private tour
10 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ 🌧 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 toЧитать далее
Locks
11 мая 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 intoЧитать далее
Chateau franchimont
12 мая 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 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 " closedЧитать далее
Battle of Bulge museum and waterfalls
13 мая 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ⛅ 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 andЧитать далее
Bastonge
14 мая 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Luxembourg
16 мая 2023 г., Люксембург ⋅ ⛅ 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 toЧитать далее
Mullerthal waterfall
17 мая 2023 г., Люксембург ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Did a lovely walk to these waterfalls.
Moselle river
18 мая 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Driving and walking along the Moselle river. Vines each side. Germany one side and Luxembourg the other.
Burtoncourt campsite
19 мая 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 fewЧитать далее
Mining museum
20 мая 2023 г., Люксембург ⋅ ☁️ 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 toЧитать далее
Fond-de-gras steam railway
21 мая 2023 г., Люксембург ⋅ ☀️ 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 мая 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 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 tenchЧитать далее
Rivers and fishing
25 мая 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Couple of days chilling, walking, cycling and fishing gradually making our way back home!

























































































































































































