The sun is certainly shining on us!  Another lovely sunny day and just warm enough for short sleeves.  Spent a few hours with the power kite on the beach doing some “dragging” – and Mel having some more training.  She can now keep it up long enough to make any man proud – and only screamed a few times! J

Stumbled on a campsite which is part of Center Parcs – so staying here a few nights to make use of their facilities and have some good chill time.

So far van holding up really well – all the last mods we’ve implemented seem to be working well – and we’ve not yet raided all the hidden chocolate!!!

Only managed to get WiFi when out and about with little laptop – so looks blog emails will be sent later and probably out of sync L

Well at last, we have started our trip!  We arrived via a very choppy ferry ride to Calais, and trusted TomTom to bring us to our first and only planned stopover.  The journey was rain, rain and more rain, and a bit of a nightmare.  We weren’t looking forward to today as the forecast was awful.  However, after a couple of decent Dutch beers at the campsite bar, we slept like logs and woke up to glorious sunshine!  A nice 10 mile run, lunch outside bathing in the sun, and a lovely swim in the pool.

Restful day today, and new uncharted and planned territory tomorrow.

Thanks for all the lovely texts and emails – all received with thanks J