schedule. The day started well and we were underway by 8.30am,
clocking up four countries before lunch and ross hadn't had a go
behind the wheel! Belgium looked much like france, holland was a blur
of 28 minutes of motorway and we were into germany.
Our nerves were tested when ross got behind the wheel for his first
taste of an autobahn and the coolant temperature flirted with the red
zone, queue a nice stint in the slow lane to let her cool off! We'd
been pretty lucky with traffic and did the 375miles in good time, the
only real problem was the rush hour traffic in frankfurt, and the
espace's clutch wasn't happy pulling away in 1st. Hopefully that was
just the heat and the effects of a long days drive.
The journey to calais went well and we all managed to get on an
earlier eurotunnel shuttle and were in calais an hour early. We
promptly checked it and then walked across to find a bar at cite
europe. After some quick price comparisons we settled on 8 pint jugs
of lager to quench our thirst!
So back to today... We've had a bit of a result, turns out there's a
sailing, beer and music festival on the banks of the river which is
right outside our hotel so we're all now enjoying a half litre of
german lager watching the sun go down...
Let's hope tomorrow goes just as well.
Driving Log for the day (1hr each) Tim > Katy > Brad > Ross > Tim
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