After so little rain last night, today was bound to be another scorcher and so it proved to be. We left the site around 10am and returned to the A1 motorway in the direction of Osnabrueck. Not a lot to say about it really. We pootled along at around 60mph. Early afternoon, we consulted the Camperstop book and headed for a site by a lake that looked about right. Unfortunately, it was closed to campervanners for a few days due to some sort of celebration so we had to find somewhere else. We are now at a very good camping/caravan park with a swimming lake and good facilities. I took a walk into the nearby village and bought fresh strawberries and herring fillets in a cream sauce, both for immediate consumption. Early evening, a thunder storm came over very quickly with strong winds, driving rain and even hailstones. It lasted an hour or so and the result is a very still, cool evening.
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| The hailstorm, looking out over our awning |
Amanda
A comfortable night was spent despite
worries about the heat. I was glad that I had packed a spare duvet
cover, which was all we needed to cover us. Thanks to my sister for
the suggestion! We tootled off late morning to see how
far into Germany we could comfortably get. G has earned himself
trillions of Brownie Points with two fantastic purchases before we
left. The first a book, Camperstop Europe, which has proved excellent
so far. It lists loads of small sites which take a certain number of
campervans and means we can avoid paying for all the facilities we
don't want or need, and crowded sites into the bargain. The sites
listed range in cost from Free - mainly simple small hard standing
areas - up to 15 euros or so a night depending on facilities offered.
A bit like Certificated sites in the UK, but for campervans. My eye
was caught by one which involved parking in the Marktplatz of a small
town, and had instructions to post payment through the Town Hall
letterbox. The sites are not bookable in advance, and it is first
come first served. An excellent departure from the rigours of booking
ahead for big sites.
The second purchase was a European Sat
Nav to enable us to find the sites. Entering the co-ordinates has
worked so far to find very out of the way places, and we have enjoyed
being able to get off the motorway and see a bit of countryside.
Tonight we are just southwest of
Hamburg in a good sized, very pretty wooded site with a lake and all
the facilities we could ask for - apart from wi-fi! After sitting out
for a while, we have had thunder, lightning, pouring rain and
hailstones which have hopefully brought the temperature down a bit.
We have also had our first marinated herrings - first of many I suspect as they are a favourite of both of us - and some most beautiful strawberries from a stall in the town 10 minutes walk away, which G went to buy after we had pitched.
I have gathered my first - again of
many no doubt - batch of insect bites. I comfort myself
with the knowledge that if I wasn't taking anti-histamines they would
certainly be worse than they are. And I am expecting them to be much
worse in Scandinavia, where the mosquitoes are positively legendary,
it seems. G is quite happy. They leave him alone when I am around. I
am obviously much tastier.
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