Journey: Cologne (Germany) – Drielanderpunkt – Maastricht (Holland) – National Park Hoge Kempen – Opglabbeek (Belgium) (95 miles)
Up bright and early, turfed Ernest off the driving seat and headed to the three point where Germany, Belgium and Holland converge. Makes for some fun photos when each dog is in a different country and you can be in all three simultaneously 😊 Then did a lovely woodland walk, though the ticks were awful again.
Drove on to Maastricht which is a fashionistas dream! If you have style, a love of fashion and a sizable credit card limit then you could happily while away a weekend looking at all the lovely boutiques and enjoying the cafe culture. I’m living out of a van, with my ever growing puppy taking up our spare weight allowance so I lusted a little through the shop windows and then had bread and cheese in a carpark #highlife. We had met a gorgeous English bulldog earlier who was 45kilos… Mark shot me a look that said if this little monster turns into that you are in big trouble… fortunately I’m used to being in trouble so grow as big as you like Ernest 😂
We then took the pups back into Belgium to a national park where they had a mix of woods, grassland and sand to play in. Mabel loves sand and we hadn’t even got out of the carpark before she was rolling and filthy… Oh and she had rolled in poo again this morning so winning awards for the skankiest member of the family.
While I was keen to push on to Antwerp, Mark fancied staying locally so we found a lovely farmyard campsite which we have all to ourselves, have done all the chores and can now have a relaxing evening…to be honest it’s what we all need. Tonight I shall be planning the Holland part of our trip if anyone has any recommendations? Hoping to stay there quite a while.
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