convoy to hessisch from belgium mid june
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when we had finished playing at being racing drivers we had a final look around bought a few bits and bobs in the shop and pete asked for directions to miniature wonderland he was told where it was and that it would soon be closed .
we decided to stay in Hamburg overnite and visit miniature wonderland early the next morning .so we headed off looking for a place to camp .we drove around for a while and then we saw two signs for camping we followed them but couldn't see anything that looked like a camping place so we pulled into a Macdonalds (and killed bobs fog lamp) to use there wi fi to find the camping place .pete checked but had no luck so he asked a local lad if he knew of any camping he said no but tried to help and then he asked his friend again he looked but had no luck so they left . pete went up to the counter and asked if they knew of any camping nearby he said he would send someone over who spoke better english so pete came and sat down .a little while later a lad comes over to us and says are you looking for camping ? pete said yes and the lad said follow me which he did . a few minuets later pete comes back shaking his head .i asked him if he had found out where the camping was he said yes with a big grin its right next door . so after about an hour of looking there it was in front of us .
we walked over (it wasn't far ) to check if we could get in but as we went through the gate all we could see was big plastic fantastic campers parked up .it wasn't looking good for us and our tent. pete knocked on the owners door and a woman opened the door as she did her dog came running out. she did not look one bit happy about it . pete told me to go after the dog so off i went trying to find a dog . as i found it pete and the camp owner came walking over pete was explaining to her that we didn't have a camper but an old vw pick up which we would put the tent into .pete pointed to the pick up which was just over the fence . she smiled and said ok .pete asked how much it was she told him 19 euros plus electricity .pete said we wouldn't be using any electric she smiled again and said in that case free .so pete managed to blag a free nights camping ..
we went and got bob and parked it where we had been told to behind a huge pillar which was holding up the railway line .we set up the tent in the back of bob .as we were putting the tent up a german woman was standing at the door of her camper (mobile hotel) giving us rather stern looks as if to say what are you doing in here i waved at her so she called her husband so i waved at him to. he gave me a dirty look said something to his misses and they went into there camper .we had a cup of tea and then headed into hamburg for a walk around
we decided to stay in Hamburg overnite and visit miniature wonderland early the next morning .so we headed off looking for a place to camp .we drove around for a while and then we saw two signs for camping we followed them but couldn't see anything that looked like a camping place so we pulled into a Macdonalds (and killed bobs fog lamp) to use there wi fi to find the camping place .pete checked but had no luck so he asked a local lad if he knew of any camping he said no but tried to help and then he asked his friend again he looked but had no luck so they left . pete went up to the counter and asked if they knew of any camping nearby he said he would send someone over who spoke better english so pete came and sat down .a little while later a lad comes over to us and says are you looking for camping ? pete said yes and the lad said follow me which he did . a few minuets later pete comes back shaking his head .i asked him if he had found out where the camping was he said yes with a big grin its right next door . so after about an hour of looking there it was in front of us .
we walked over (it wasn't far ) to check if we could get in but as we went through the gate all we could see was big plastic fantastic campers parked up .it wasn't looking good for us and our tent. pete knocked on the owners door and a woman opened the door as she did her dog came running out. she did not look one bit happy about it . pete told me to go after the dog so off i went trying to find a dog . as i found it pete and the camp owner came walking over pete was explaining to her that we didn't have a camper but an old vw pick up which we would put the tent into .pete pointed to the pick up which was just over the fence . she smiled and said ok .pete asked how much it was she told him 19 euros plus electricity .pete said we wouldn't be using any electric she smiled again and said in that case free .so pete managed to blag a free nights camping ..
we went and got bob and parked it where we had been told to behind a huge pillar which was holding up the railway line .we set up the tent in the back of bob .as we were putting the tent up a german woman was standing at the door of her camper (mobile hotel) giving us rather stern looks as if to say what are you doing in here i waved at her so she called her husband so i waved at him to. he gave me a dirty look said something to his misses and they went into there camper .we had a cup of tea and then headed into hamburg for a walk around
Next morning we got up packed up the tent .had a cuppa tea and left the camping place heading for miniature wonderland .we got there early and they were still closed so we parked up bob and went for a walk around .
Miniature wonderland is the biggest model railway in Europe .its a fantastic place to go to if you have any interest in models the scale of it and the attention to detail is outstanding
well that should give you some idea of whats in the miniature wonderland .we spent a good few hour's walking around looking at all the different parts of the layout .we bought a few models in the shop (we raided the bargin bin lol) and then we headed off for Holland and we stayed at petes sisters for the night .the following morning we went into the local town to buy some bits and bobs to make our camping a bit more comfortable LOL .we bought an air mattress then it was time to head off to Belgium for European Bug In .
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