Why I love the Nederlands!

Well, still in the throes (is this right?) of Freddie madness. The wheel falling off was solved by 815 euros, paid for in a combo of cash and 3 different cards! I don't think they meet people like us in the VW garage often! Then still more problems, the accident broke something else in a different wheel, so we are south, south Nederlands in a different VW garage!

Oh, but what fun we are having. Staying in another hotel are driving around in a courtesy car; a Mitsubishi space star, I've been zooming along at 125km! We are in the South Limburg region and it's lovely, our first sight of hills all week since Dover!

So...the Nederlands are a fantastic place to be in trouble; the Police are nice (their nee nors go: Nee Nah, Nee Nooorrrrr in a singing fashion); most people can speak to us in English (rubbish I know, but there isn't the sentence for "My wheel fell off" in our phrase book); the roads are fantastic and well signposted; the weather is amazing, raining, pooring, then brilliant sunshine, then raining again; they have fantastic waffels, pancakes and chocomel; people are generally nice and we can smoke pot!

We hope to pick our van up tomorrow, and are set straight for Czech land! Have got some pictures of poor Freddie, will put them on soon! And hello Miss Diva whoever you are!

News of Freddie

Oh dear...

Happily driving along the Dutch motorway singing we make great pets, we realise that there is a loud bump, bump, bump and the van is vibrating so much I can't see the car behind in the wing mirror. We decide to exit the motorway and as we slow down and turn a corner we hear scrapping metal and our passenger back wheel flies past us. We act fast and drive onto a grass verge which helps us to stop, all very scary. Thankfully the lovely Dutch Politie Police where there to help us. You know what? The bloody, buggery, bastard man at Langley Mill (MOT untrustyworthy man) didn't put the wheel nuts on properly and they had been working their way loose ever since.

So...we are staying in a hotel and crying over the fact that the bill at the ever so posh VW garage is 1000 euros!!! Please say a prayer for us.

Well given that it is constantly pouring with rain here and we are running out of money, when we get our lovely Freddie back we will be making our way directly to the southern part of Europe to enjoy the beach, sun and beer we can afford....

Love to you allxx

Just look at our Freddie!

Hello all!

We are on our way...still. Just chilling at Ninorsandali, (feeling a bit scared, we leave Wednesday at 9.30am, ahhh!). And just look at our Freddie, we've been very busy with him!!