Our test weekend with the Hymer (5)

Day 5, March 9 - 2010

We woke up at 0.60 after a very quiet night. 15 Minutes later the Road Workers arrived to collect a trailer. Within no time the left again and the peaceful silence of the forest returned.
An occasional car passed by, other than that we only heard the lovely Spring songs of the birds. It was cold, still freezing but not too cold.

During the morning walk with the dogs we found out that we were only 100 metres away from the River Ems. Wouldn’t it have been dark when we arrived the night before, we would have found a lovely spot with a view to the river.
It was marvellous; the sunrise above a frosty field with a powdery layer of snow.

I went back to take some pictures while Tjep made us breakfast.
The sun guaranteed another lovely day!
Getting dressed Tjep complained about having a pair of sock of different colours.
My fault, maybe my lenses are not as good as they are supposed to be. Or was it just me…

Before we left we did the occasional household jobs while the dogs preferred to stay on their cushion. Dée dreamt and made funny noises which puzzled Frits who sniffed carefully.

We drove North and passed the border to Holland near Winschoten. From there we travelled via very small roads through Groningen and were very impressed by the huge farmhouses we saw near Finsterwolde.
Farmhouses like Estates, that big and beautiful! Size matters here though!
“Look, look!!”we said to each other. Wherever you looked, they were there.

We left Groningen near Lauwersoog and arrived home around 3 in the afternoon.
Happy cats, happy crow and sparrow. And for us: good to be at home.

We still look back at a wonderful weekend. The weather helped tremendously to test the Campervan properly. It couldn’t have turned out better!
We don’t have to explain that we are already looking forward to our next trip.
It isn’t difficult to get used to Campering….. (I bet this is a new English word).