We had been saying that we would like to get back beside the sea. Well, now we have, albeit around 100 million years too late! The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Swiss) National Park is a Cretaceous sea bed, now turned into a magnificent landscape of sandstone stacks, tors and canyons, punctuated by basalt cones and towers. And,Continue reading “Confessions of a Railway Addict – The Saxon Swiss National Park, Germany”
Monthly Archives: August 2018
10 Tips To Keep Hot Dogs Cool In The Heat
We all know that dogs die in hot cars. This is because dogs are not great at regulating their body temperature and can be overcome by heat frighteningly quickly. Permanent organ damage or even death can happen in a matter of minutes. If we travel to hot climates or as the summer temperatures soar toContinue reading “10 Tips To Keep Hot Dogs Cool In The Heat”
“Frankly my Dear…” – A BIG SURPRISE at Edersee National Park
We turned right at Koblenz. We had driven up the Rhine from Bacharach, carefully avoiding taking a ferry. It seemed a bit too professional for us in any case. It actually looked like boat, rather than the motorised beaver dam that had transported both us and our precious caravan over the River Neckar a weekContinue reading ““Frankly my Dear…” – A BIG SURPRISE at Edersee National Park”
Dog on the Rhine – Ohhhhhhh-ning!
02:14 it started raining. I got up and closed the roof lights. 06:49 we were awoken by a loud crash. I got a sense of a large person vaulting over me in bed, emitting a long, ghostly moan “Ooooooh-ning…”
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