Today marked the end of our two year adventure. We packed up the caravan for the last time for a while and made our way from Ypres to catch our Eurotunnel train back to the UK.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 98 Cumulative: 36,690
Our base for the visit to Luxembourg was Camping Krounebierg. The site is tiered on a sloping hillside and is well laid out. We had reserved a place in advance and on arrival we were allocated an impossibly narrow and sloping pitch requiring a return to reception to request a change. The second pitch was much larger in size and flat.
After spending the last two days watching The Open and various domestic duties we blew up the bike tyres, oiled the chains, and rode off to visit Augsburg.
Travelling on pleasant and almost flat cycle paths we made straight for the Botanical Gardens which is a distance of 16km from the campsite. Most of the route followed the River Lech which is a tributary of The Danube and there was the occasional cool breeze off the river to give relief from the hot weather.
One place that I had considered visiting on the 2009 motorcycle tour was Lake Bled. In the end we visited Postojne Caves instead therefore the decision was made to visit the lake now.
Once again Kim picked out a site, Camping Šobec, which lies on the Sava Dolinka River near Lesce, Slovenia. This would be an ideal base as it’s only a 5km walk to the lakeside.
Towing Kilometres – Today: 243 Cumulative: 35,247
The next place we hoped to visit was the Plitvice Lakes National Park. I had visited in 2009 on the way down to Dubrovnik and was sure Kim would like to see it.
It would also provide our first ‘white water’ fix in many a month. 🙂