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    • Day 8–9

      Skegness 🏖️

      May 9 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

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      Today we drove to the seaside resort of Skegness and for the first time on this trip, we had a little stroll through various charity shops. Rupert found a belt and I bought some nice tops that I can wear when we visit relatives in Birmingham. We are expected there on Saturday.
      After shopping, we look for a parking space near the beach, which proves to be really difficult. Obviously, motorhomes are not welcome here at all. The city does not provide us with any parking space. On the contrary: all public parking spaces near the beach have height restrictions and outside there are signs everywhere saying "No camper vans". Welcome culture at its best.
      We simply park on the side of the road within sight of one of these discrimination plaques and while we walk down to the sea, I mentally formulate an outraged email to the Skegness City Council.
      Not all motorhome travelers can afford to spend £30 a night on a campsite. Why are we consciously traveling self-sufficiently if we don't even need our own supply options, in which we have already invested money? This makes traveling in a camper van absurd. So, that had to be said! 😄
      In front of us is an offshore wind farm as we walk towards the sea, which has now receded far from the beach with the low tide. An endless field crisscrossed with tidal creeks lies before us. Peppi and Cleo run as fast as they can across the boundless plain, and Cleo in particular jumps over the creeks like a gazelle. Walks by the sea are always a great pleasure for the two of them.
      Back in the camper we chill on the cushions for a good while. Then I cook us a good Maggi chicken soup from the bag with egg drop and soft bread with butter. Not bad at all!
      And on we go towards Gunby, where we want to visit the recommended National Trust property tomorrow.
      Heute sind wir in den Badeort Skegness gefahren und haben zum ersten Mal auf dieser Reise einen kleinen Bummel durch diverse Charity Shops gemacht. Rupert hat einen Gürtel gefunden, und ich ein paar hübsche Oberteile, mit denen ich mich bei der Verwandtschaft in Birmingham sehen lassen kann. Dort werden wir am Samstag erwartet.
      Nach dem Shopping suchen wir uns einen Parkplatz in Strandnähe, was sich als wirklich schwierig erweist. Offensichtlich sind Wohnmobile hier überhaupt nicht erwünscht. Die Stadt stellt uns keinen Parkplatz zur Verfügung. Im Gegenteil: Alle strandnahen öffentlichen Parkplätze sind mit Höhenbeschränkungen versehen und außerhalb davon stehen überall Schilder "No camper vans". Willkommenskultur vom Feinsten.
      Wir stellen uns einfach in Sichtweite einer dieser Diskriminierungsplaketten an den Straßenrand und während wir zum Meer hinunter gehen, formuliere ich gedanklich eine empörte Email an die Stadtverwaltung von Skegness.
      Nicht alle Wohnmobil-Reisenden können es sich leisten, pro Nacht 30£ für einen Campingplatz auszugeben. Wofür sind wir bewusst autark unterwegs, wenn wir unsere eigenen Versorgungsmöglichkeiten, in die wir bereits Geld investiert haben, gar nicht brauchen? Das führt das Reisen im Camper ad absurdum. So, das musste mal gesagt werden! 😄
      Vor uns ein off-shore Windpark, als wir auf's Meer zulaufen, das sich jetzt, mit der Ebbe, weit vom Strand zurückgezogen hat. Ein endloses, mit Prielen durchzogenes Feld liegt vor uns. Peppi und Cleo rennen, was das Zeug hält, über die schrankenlose Ebene, und vor allem Cleo hüpft über die Priele wie eine Gazelle. Spaziergänge am Meer sind jedesmal ein Mordsvergnügen für die beiden.
      Zurück im Camper chillen wir eine gute Weile auf den Polstern. Dann koche ich uns eine gute Maggi Hühnersuppe aus der Tüte mit Ei-Einlauf und weicher Brotbeilage mit Butter. Gar nicht schlecht!
      Und weiter geht's Richtung Gunby, wo wir morgen das empfohlene National Trust Anwesen besuchen wollen.
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    • Day 150

      a.k.a. Skeggy

      May 30, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

      Continuing the trail of English seaside resorts, I leave the south coast and head east---Skegness in Lincolnshire. Its miles of sands became popular before package tours to the Mediterranean and it seems even more English than some other resorts I know. And with an East Midlands flavour. But the old line "Skegness is so bracing" doesn't lie; there's a brisk force 5 breeze coming all the way from Greenland!

      There's just the one railway line to and from Skegness and I take a day visit to Boston. Not as famous as the city after which it's named, it boasts a superb landmark, the largest parish church in England. It's known as Boston Stump because the upper part of the tower is an afterthought, competed 200 years after the 14th century main fabric of the church. The reason for its size is that Boston claims once to have been the second largest port in England. But the town has become a quiet backwater as is most of Lincolnshire, perhaps because it's not on the way to anywhere else.

      On other days, some outlying villages can be reached by local transport. People may complain about country buses but provided one doesn't stay out too late, they are reliable and punctual. When you've got time in hand, what does it matter if they run only once an hour?---at least they arrive when the timetable says they will. Hidden away from the theme parks and caravan sites some nice little churches can be found. Burgh le Marsh and Addlethorpe are just two of them. And then there's Mablethorpe, a dozen miles up the coast from Skeggy and a smaller version of it. Miles of sand and by the end of the week, the wind has started to ease off.
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    • Day 152

      Cold wind, warm welcome

      June 1, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      The classic poster doesn't lie! The brisk on shore breeze blew throughout the time I was there, though mitigated by the sun which started poking through in the last couple of days.

      I forgot to say how welcoming the owners of my hotel were. Paul and Wendy, who had been running it for about 10 years, couldn't do enough to make me feel at home. The TV lounge always seemed to be free for me to watch classic films on Netflix. For my final night they moved me upstairs to a bigger room with panoramic vision; thanks to them for a nice stay.Read more

    • Day 1

      We're on our way!

      December 21, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

      All great journeys have to start somewhere. This one is beginning in Skegness (aka Skegvegas!). We've just dropped Bertha off at the storage facility and now we're waiting for the train that will (3 changes later!) get us to Gatwick.

      We're spending tonight in a Premier Inn so we'll to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for our early morning flight ✈ to Athens tomorrow.
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