Hello from Germany.

Had hoped to put more on here but haven’t had much chance to get laptop out and keeping it charged has become a nuisance and doing blog isn’t as easy on the phone – somewhere on here I have 3 drafts but how to get them is a mystery to me. But 2 weeks in and a lot of miles I am in Meerbusch in Germany.

So far, including, the one from England me and Bertie bike have been on 3 ferries.

Weather has been mixed but except for a couple of days mostly good during the day – nights have varied from cold to blooming freezing.

I’ve had 7 nights in campsites, 2 nights wild camping, 2 nights in a “Welcome to my Garden” and last night I stayed with Peter and Alice and had a bed and Alice’s fantastic home made quiche for dinner.

Anthony, whose garden I camped in, was amazing – ended up staying 2 nights there due to damaging my phone and needing it repaired. Anthony fixed my pannier rack – his eagle eyes spotted that a bolt was missing. He also supplied me with an extra, much needed, sleeping bag for the 2nd night.

Don’t normally use guy ropes on my tent but used them the other night to tie the tent to bike as a sort of safety measure – I’d stupidly left my lock at a previous campsite and by the time I realised it was too far to go back for it – I now have a new padlock.

Peter and Alice have helped plan my route for the next few days – it’s great to get some local knowledge and advice and much much appreciated.

So here’s a random mix of photos from the last 2 weeks.