Today I set out to take them back into France. It had been another of the very cold night and I don’t do cold, but I eventually warmed up once we were of the motorways. It seemed that we struck the most road works ever so far on this trip. For a start it was lawn mowing and clean up day on the edges motorways. Huge machines were trimming the banks and edges in several places and this took out a lane. So the traffic had to slow and merge from 3 to 2 of in some cases 2 to 1 lane. At least ,if not more of the traffic on the road is trucks, so it was interesting to say the least.
They are also renewing large sections of motorway and they take one side out completely for kilometres on end and put all the traffic through 2 realigned lanes on the remaining side. This is at a slower speed and really slows things up. All of this probably added an hour to our journey and we didn’t arrive until 3.30. However we were in traffic that was moving the whole time even if it was ever so slowly. On the other side we saw a huge tailback that was kilometres long. The trucks in the slow lane had turned off their motors and were in the biggest car park in Germany.
The little kiwis and Ber Lin were quite unperturbed by the slow trip and could be heard singing a little song they had made up.
Three little birds sittin' in the back seat
Huggin and a'kissin with Ted.
I said, why don't one of you come up and sit beside me
And this is what the three birds said
All together now, one, two, three
Keep you mind on your drivin'
Keep your hands on the wheel
Keep your snoopy eyes on the road ahead
We're havin' fun sittin' in the back seat
Kissin' and a'huggin with Ted.
Well at least they knew how to pass the time. Really where do they get these ideas from?
The Tom Tom got directed me to the campsite after a couple of replanned routes as there were road works all through the outer part of Strasbourg as well. This was quite frustrating but Mary hung in there and we finally found the campsite she had found on the internet. They decided to stay put and not attempt to make a journey into town. They did ask the girl at reception where the nearest supermarket was and it was only a 10 minute walk away so they went out and got some much needed supplies and then spent some time on the internet which is free here but you have to come up to the cafe. That was fine as there were tables and you could buy a drink as well.
Probably just as well you are there, a big front supposedly as big as Oz is about to descend on us and big rain and wind. Only 10c in Whangers today.
ReplyDeleteYes I read that prediction on line last night. Finally getting some sun here. :-)
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