Bombers and Bikes, Day 1. Sittingbourne to Posterholt - 324 miles

A very warm day. We mustn't complain though eh?, except it was 30 + the entire journey, so not that pleasant.

Arrived at Eurotunnel check-in early enough, but lane I chose had issues with the ticket production, so had to change lanes. Still, loaded ok and left on time. ✔  

Early part of the journey was ok, stopped at some memorials and a cemetery but then got caught up in some heavy, very heavy, motorway holdups. Using motorways today, was supposed to save us about 3 hours. Not sure it did that much. Ginny had been fine until that point but once again, the dreaded overheating raised its ugly head, and I had to stop and let her cool down. Frustrating to say the least.

A couple more memorials and what seemed like endless motorway travel and we arrived at our hotel in Posterholt (Holland) around 18;45, later than I had expected. A quick freshen up, and down for beers and dinner, Our lunch stop at Burger King, a bigger than expected burger, had filled me up, so I settled for a small goats cheese salad at dinner,

Pre trip beer count of 2, was increased to 5 this evening. Hotel seems to be family run, chap and his wife, possibly daughter too, who, like most Dutch, speak great English. Rest of the world, take note!

Tomorrow we have another raft of memorials/cemeteries to visit, before we arrive at Emmen, out home for 3 nights, whilst we take in the MotoGP at Assen.

See below, some pics of one of the day's stops.

Lancaster ND587 Crash Site Memorial

ND587 crew. Buried 25km from crash site, some 2 to a grave.