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European Adventure 2017
We left the fantastic site at Harlech and moved on
northward. We should have looked around
for a bit but we needed to get to Preston to get some issues with the motorhome
dealt with and also we have a very important wedding in Bradford this weekend
and we need to get up there early to help the bride and groom prepare! Hopefully we will be back with the team to
explore this area in more detail.
At about 11am we were dying of thirst and decided to go to a
‘services area’ along the way. We pulled
into a place which advertised ‘proper food’ and thought we were in luck but
obviously morning tea as we know it wasn’t proper food, however they did do a
nice barista style cappuccino for us (instead of the very frequently available
push button coffee dispenser) which made up for it. There was a handful of sandwiches and a few
pre-packed cakes. While I made one of my
all too frequent stops to the loo Geoff chatted to the lady behind the counter
who asked the usual ‘Are you from Australia?’ When the answer was “no, from New
Zealand” she said her neighbour’s boy went to New Zealand for a year –“worked
in hotels, kitchen work you know, and one day he came out the kitchen door and
there was a great big bear standing there!” “I think you might mean Canada”
Geoff said. (easy to confuse NZ with Canada!)
Phone companies! What can I say….Over the past 4 days I have spent
40GBP which is about $80 for which I have had about 3 phone calls and several
texts. I finally managed to get thru to
my provider and was on the phone for about 45 minutes before I realized that
she thought I was using my UK sim card in NZ!
Anyway hopefully I will be back on air within 24hours with some of my
$80 credited.
We had a long drive today and much of it on wide motorways
but we did see some spectacular scenery particularly in northern Wales with
rhododendrons growing wild on the hillsides.
We are thrilled with our choice of motorhome (thank you John
and Shirley). It drives extremely well
and is great to live in. Tonight we are camped at Hebden Bridge not too far
from Bradford. We will be pretty much
based in and around this area for the next week as we spend time with Becky and
Dom, Mary and other family members.
- comments
mum Had forgotten about the rhododen. s thanks for the memory. Your descriptions and photos are super keep it up please. BRadford will probably be a bit of a shock after the places your have been to so far unless it has changed radically Wi'll be interested to hear about it