Sunday 8 July 2018

BUCHOLZ in der NORDHEIDE to WILDESHAUSEN – 82 miles


Fri 6th – Sat 7th

It was a grey drizzly drive around Bremen at snail’s pace through all the roadworks and we arrived at the wohnmobilplatz in Wildeshausen by about 12.30. Luckily the sun came out soon after and it became quite warm again. We went for an explore later in the afternoon to get our bearings, next to a swimming pool and amusement park, with walks through the woods to the town. Sitting outside Juliette when we got back was better than tv any day, watching all the different types of motorhomes arriving and getting settled. We have 2 Norwegian couples alongside us and a big yellow old army truck type thing plastered with stickers opposite us. They needed a 6 rung ladder to get in and out of it! Quite entertaining.
Sat….Again another nice sunny morning so we headed off on to the town to have a look around. Wildeshausen is a strange mix of very old buildings including a town hall and new modern ones including another town hall. We found a lovely park to sit in and contemplate life for a while, then had a nose in the church which was being readied for a wedding in the afternoon. Lovely flower decorations on all the pews as well as round the altar and pulpit. We would have liked to see the actual wedding but thought it better not to gate-crash, so carried on up the pedestrianised area window shopping. We chilled out for the rest of the afternoon then went to a Greek restaurant just up the road for dinner, excellent food for 31 euros. When we got back to Juliette, all the spaces had been filled, Dutch, Belgian, Swedish and just us Brits. A Dutch lady came to talk to us, she used to live in Bexleyheath when her father worked at the Dutch embassy in London. Sadly they had had to cut their trip short in Norway as her brother had died whilst on holiday in Spain, so they were racing homewards.


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