Start point. Golden Miele, Remagen, Germany.
Finish point. HOME !!!!!!!!!!!!
Distance. 360 Miles + 6 Hour ferry crossing
Total. 5450 Miles. Phew, Thats 1500 Miles more than Google Map predicted.
The last day, I still have a long way to go but it is broken up into stages, bit like a rally. The first stage is getting to the Hook of Holland ferry by midday, no problem, I set of at 7:30am and with the expected efficiency of the German Autobahn’s, I’m there in plenty of time to visit Lidl’s to stock up on beer and Regan’s favourite apple drink. I even have time to grab a bit of lunch at an Indian bakery in the Netherlands that sells kebabs, ???? that is another 5 star snack for the guidebook.
Once checked in to the ferry theres the usual wait for boarding but it gives me a chance to see what the Netherlanders ??? ( Dutch 🙂 ) drive when visiting the UK. And there is a rather nice Mercedes Sprinter camper that puts mine to shame, oh well, never mind.
I have to say that the Stena line ferries are very nice, all clean and tidy, great staff who actually care that you have a pleasant journey, good food in the restaurant’s and although the cabins are small they are very comfortable and clean with spotless on-suite’s.
The six hour crossing passes by pretty quickly, by the time you settle into the cabin and then head for the restaurant your already heading out of the harbour into the North Sea which again, as is nice and calm so makes it a smooth crossing.
The on-board tv gives a few British and a few Dutch channels along with the position of the ship as it crosses the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Watching ‘Ello-Ello’ in English but with Dutch subtitles is rather weird, but fun.
Felixstowe, opposite Harwich.
And so as I drive off the ferry back in blighty its a manic three and a half hour drive back to Lincoln to arrive home just before midnight. A long day !!
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