The camp is full of excitement this morning, everyone is here for the annual flower parade. Vans, cyclists and scooters all set off through the morning to their chosen viewpoints. Our taxi arrives at 12:30 but it’s a Vito minivan with high seats and Nick is dubious about being able to get in. Evelyn comes out of the office, says ‘You will go to the parade’. She has experience with disabled people, shows us a new lifting technique and we’re in. Origin...

The Simonhoeve owner comes early to ask everyone to be away on time as today is busy with more than 50 coaches expected. We have only 31 miles to go but cannot arrive before midday so we set off at 09:30 as required and plan to stop somewhere and mark time. Soon after leaving we are driving beside the pretty canal on the edge of Monikadam and through wide green flatlands. Then it’s the busy morning motorway around Amsterdam and Schiphol airport, where the ro...

Nick W expressed a wish to have a chill out day at an aire he found which is right beside the Rotterdam shipping channel so we check out of the campsite, join the busy motorway system for a few miles before arriving at Maasluis. There are only three camper places and all are occupied, but a hippy-like French couple in an ancient ‘been-everywhere’ truck tell us they are preparing to leave. A few minutes later we have fitted both vans in, ours in the camper p...