Sunday, 13th April
Time to go home. Up, showered (without mishap) and breakfasted, and we were off before 10 am for our 2.30pm sailing from the Hook of Holland.
On the way, we filled up with (relatively) cheap diesel, and Annie bought a lovely orchid from the petrol station as a momento.
Our early arriving gets worse, and we were at the port 3 hours early (and first in the non-existent queue). We were snug in the van, and read and had lunch. We were first to check in, and first non-commercial onto the boat, which happened to mean we were right at the pointy end, and all set for an early departure from the boat later on.
The crossing was very comfortable (having booked a cabin again), and we snoozed and relaxed and read the crossing away.
We were pretty much first off the boat, and first to endure the awful roads south from Harwich, which were a shock after the pleasant and well-maintained roads of the Netherlands.
In summary:
Best things about the trip:
Lovely scenery
‘Exploring’ for campsites
Lots of cycling
Fortunate with good weather
Worst things about the trip:
Not speaking any Dutch (at all)
One cold day
What we (I) endeavour to do before the next trip:
Fix table slide out (not now a problem – it’s not broken!)
Add shelves to lockers (look for shelves at Newbury show)
Extra mains sockets (yes, I will do this, honest)
Contact Fiat re: recalls
Clean and paint(?) exhaust pipe (rust spots)
Secure hot water pipe (now have ‘proper’ Jubilee clip)
