Our trip back to England

From Mark and Dana's in Magdeburg we headed to Luneburg to catch up with Antje and David, whom we had visited last June.  We had a leisurely couple of days doing some cleaning and washing and visiting the town of Luneburg.  Antje and David kindly took us out for a meal in town.

On Wednesday we left Antje and David's and drove toward the ferry terminal.  We spent the night in a free aire near the Germany/Netherlands border and did the remainder of the journey the following day.  We took the 2.30pm sailing from the Hook of Holland, outside Rotterdam to Harwich, England.

We were about half an hour late in, arriving about 8.30pm.  We ended up being one of the last through immigration.  Dale answered numerous questions about our stay and we were allowed entry, so we now are in on a 6 month tourist visa.

We spent the next couple of days catching up with friends.  We caught the train into London from Hertford and walked from Moorgate station to Waterloo where we met my school friend Rachael.

St Pauls Cathedral

Big Ben and Westminster Bridge

Rachael and I

We also revisited the Grandison where we had worked over the winter of 2012/13.

 Waterford Heath- a reserve near the Grandison

From the Grandison we made our way to Hadrians Wall Campsite where we worked over the summers of 2011 and 2012.  We stopped for the night in a town called Ripon, which had a pretty town centre and Cathedral.  We completed our drive to the campsite the following day.  We are planning to get the van ready and be able to sell it from there.  We have done no preparation as yet to get the van ready for sale so a lot of work awaits.

Ripon Cathedral