We set off early but it wasn't long before we were in trouble. My tablet computer is not charging in the car properly. We have been avoiding the motorways as we can't keep cool if we drive at the speed required. However, the alternative routes are convoluted and when the computer died we had know idea where we were nor where to go. We stopped at a shopping centre to look for a road atlas but the ones we found only covered Germany and only had 100km left of that. On the way out of the centre we were given a free map of Germany by a man selling breakdown cover. It helped but was difficult to use. The alternative was three long stops to recharge the computer. It was the longest 265km drive I can remember.
We were aiming for a campsite near Woundenberg where Imp Club member Henk Hol lives. After the computer died again we followed a road on the map bit it turned into a one lane passing through quaint tourist things. We stopped at one of these, a berry farm and cafe, for over an hour to recharge batteries and boys. It turns out that the brother-in-law of the owner emigrated to Western Australia last year and now lives in Burekup about 15km from our house.
The proper road was only just past the berry farm but in the next town, Ommen, the replacement tyre blew. There was a big market and fair going on in this small town and we pulled into the carpark and pulled the wheel off. One of the parking attendants kindly drove us to the other side of town to get a new tyre fitted. I was doubtful that they would have one the right size but one they did. So we continued on and arrived at the campsite around 8PM.
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