At long last, some decent pictures of the Global Source Easter Getaway 2017. These were all taken on a trusty plastic disposable camera, which was mostly in the capable hands of Arthur Delamare. Hopefully these give more of a sense of the day-to-day vibe of the trip, they certainly bring back a lot of joyful memories for the three of us. The captions are taken from Stan’s daily notes which he kept on his phone, and which are a shining example of clear and concise expression. In my mind, they read like impressionist poetry. Enjoy.
Rotterdam journey rainy
Through to Gouda chilled on sandy benches
Utrecht banging except miss piggy bit me
Through to woods nice cous cous couple beers
Misty morning went amersfoort
Sun sun sun gnome forest
Bit off road into appledoorn popped tire crashed with Harrison and sorted out by nice man
Camping with storks about and watching sunset
Deventer start soaking feet
Reilte ate noodles played in park sun comes out
Cycle 2 national parks great fields
Trampolines then wafers watching an eagle
Get across German border into Nordhorn
Lidl then cheese sandwiches
Camping in some woods by motorways
Woods wake up
Long trip to Rheine lollipops in bad bentheim
Caravans not meths
Mozzarella sarnies and sorting Del’s bike
Down the river to Raalte finally found meths and twixes in German poundland
Full circle then google took us through farm lands
Down the river to Bramsche stock up at Aldi
Great food good beer and lakeside camping
Strawberries, sarnies and spirits for breakfast
Out by 10, 70 to Minden by 2 stopping to sort wheels and go fast
CcCooked lunch in woods with good slide
Nearly became roadkill trying to get to Hanover
Free plowin for farmer then bike paths to Bad Nenndorf
Vending machine eggs, Arthur needs a toilet break
Camping in park great food again [editor’s note - we ate at least a two-course meal that I prepared using a Trangia camp stove almost every night]
Slow start in Bad Nenndorf
Jelly legs and half a bottle of whiskey mean ing don’t leave till 11
Meet Elka the lovely chopping wood sorted us out with non alcoholic beers and plenty cookies
On to Hanover charged phones and chilled afternoon
Smashed 50k through to Eltze
Stop for first fast food in Turkish takeaway
Falafel chips and beers along with bottle of martini on the house for warmth great guys
Puncture in the dark on the way to find camp spot so stop in trees next to motorway
Wake up go fast
Smash it to Wolfsburgh big industrial city
Home of Volkswagen
Wrong turn down a canal leads us into the marshes otters about
Over the river Elbe and camp in more woods next to motorway
