We left home on May 12th for Nykoping and Badger, but had an interesting diversion to look at a mainly Elizabethan House in a hidden valley behind Sidmouth. Some of the buildings were from the 12th C. and very little was doen after the Elizabethan period when the present owner's family moved in. It was a lovely place and beautifully set.
From there we drove to Basingstoke for an overnight stay and then on to Dover for the midday ferry to Dunkirk. This part of the trip is always tedious but this one no worse than usual. We spent the night at "The Old House" in Veurne, one of our favourite haunts. I insisted on visiting a well known Steak Restaurant in Veurne called De Vette Os. The sausage starter was excellent but the terribly special Swiss steak was just like ordinary ones except for the price.
From there we had a fmiliar path via Oterloo and Carnegie Cottage where wewere welcomed as old friends to Luneburg and then to Lubeck where "Der Alten Stadtmauer" was its usual accommodating self. It too has joined the most modern era and equpped the bathroom with a slow close loo seat - such an odd but pervasive cliche. The food in Germany was good but unremarkable and we moved on to the Travemunde - Trelleborg ferry and the next morning drove on to Nykoping and Stjarnholm Slott where we stayed when preparing Badger for the summer.
Our only problem was keeping the car fridge going as I lost the mains power adaptor and had constantly to worry about draining the car battery. Happily all went well there.
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