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Delivering Hope to Ukraine - End of day two
Delivering Hope to Ukraine - End of day two.
England - Tick!
Netherlands - Tick!
Today, Hope and I managed to navigate from the west coast all the way to the border and now find ourselves in Germany for the night, Coesfeld to be precise.
The morning got off to a slow start, losing 45 minutes with disembarkation and passport control. Then exiting the local area became the thing of nightmares. I guess the area is a bit like the West Midlands or London, where one area merges into the next with little or no green space in between, therefore difficult to get your bearings. Especially when you’re not using a Sat-Nav.
I’m confident tomorrow will prove to be a maximum mileage day, although we will remain in Germany all day, such is the vastness of this country.
You’re all doing a first-class job of spreading the word, currently the JustGiving pot is up to £1,198.00.
Please keep “sharing” the posts, the more “shares”, the more folk will see the ride and ultimately more folk will put their two penath in the pot.
The image shows how in Netherlands, if you’re riding a scooter or peddle bike, walking, pushing a pram or running etc you’re not expected but demanded by law to do so off the highway. Thus the highway is generally one lane in each direction, with everyone travelling at the same speed (i.e. not following a scooter at circa 35mph /60kmh). Easy enough here in the picture I appreciate, but in the city this track becomes painfully congested. On top of everything within the city it’s dual-direction on the same patch of tarmac
Time for bed, thanks for reading, ciao!