On Tuesday 10th July
we set off from Oberwsel with our newly repaired again tomtom. We didn’t really know where we were going as
our cheap campsite card is finished for the summer. We headed for the Mosel and
had a lovely drive towards Zell then south along the Mosel to Bernkastel – Kues
where we had hoped to spend the night as the wine museum has around 150 local
wines which you can taste. Unfortunately they must have had advanced warning of
our arrival and the motorhome parking was for during the day only, no overnight
stops. So off we went further along the river to Piesport. Stopped at a nice
little stellplatz, right on the riverbank. It was actually a nice day with no
rain, for a change, so we got the bikes off the van and went for a cycle. Not
too much around this area to see, well there is the Mosel and loads of grape
vines, so we opted for a stop at a hotel
for a drink, had to try the local wine for future reference. Anyway the hotel
was locked up but there was a pub in a garden across the road which was open so
over we went. The pub was run by the 2
ugly sisters and I reckon poor cinders was locked in the hotel. They were the
weirdest people I have met on this trip, there was absolutely no expression on
either of their faces except the one where there is nobody in. No matter how
many times we smiled at them there was no response and they seemed fascinated
by our attire, shorts t-shirts crocks and flipflops, they just kept looking us
up and down, weird.
Wednesday we went further south
towards Trier, which is supposed to be really nice, but when we got to the
stellplatz we didn’t like the look of it and decided to head into Luxemburg
instead. We had only travelled about 10
minutes and we were in Luxemburg but we had thought it was a lot further
away. More rain again I think we are
getting the same weather as you are, the rain is so heavy that we can’t even go
out and about to see what there is at the places we are at. The Luxemburg
countryside is very much like Scotland with weather to match. We stopped for
the night at Medenach which is just north of Larochette. The campsite was really
expensive at 37€ a night, so we only stayed one night. Next day we headed to
Ingledorf which was only about 20k away but the site is cheaper and has free
wifi. Just as well we had wifi as we were stuck in again because of the rain.
The rain continued all through the night and we didn’t get much sleep as it was
so heavy. Still raining next day and we have decided to go back into Germany
but first we went and drove by radio Luxemburg which brought back memories of
having my trannie under the pillow at night and listening to Radio Luxemburg.
For all of you who are too young to remember those days a trannie is not a
transvestite but a transistor radio.
Now I know you don’t believe we
had a plan but our plan was to head north in Germany and then west into Holland
then into Belgium then France so we went east from Luxemburg to Gerolstien and
again it is raining heavily so no sightseeing here. On Saturday we drove to
Andernach on the Rhine, another stellplatz right on the riverbank. More
rain!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway our plan has now changed, see best not to plan ahead.
We have a new tenant moving into
the house for a six month lease ending on 1st February and following
a call to my mum on Saturday she informed us that she didn’t want us staying
with her until February but we could stay for a short period. With nowhere else
to go we made the decision to return to Benidorm for part of the winter as we
can live there as cheaply as at home. So this is where our plan now changes we
are no longer going to Holland but we will head through Belgium and then home
as we have a few things to sort out before we go back to Benidorm. So you will
all be glad to hear we should be back in Aberdeen soon so check your social diaries
and see if you can fit us in for a visit as we will be away again mid October.
We stayed 2 nights at Andernach and then we headed to Belgium to a site at Ottepe,
just south east of Brussels.
We have booked our ferry back to the UK yesterday
and we will arrive at Dover on Wednesday 18th July at 7pm.
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