A day in the waterproofs again. We'd decided against paying €12.50 each for brekkie, as there was a LIDL, over the road. Some pain-au-chocolat would do just fine, at a fraction of the cost. Except, LIDL wasn't open. It was raining by the time we came to leave and rained on and off for most of the day but nothing that significant. It was easier to keep the waterproofs on though.. Brekkie turned out to be McDs, egg and bacon McMuffin.
We stopped at 6 memorials today. The first, not only had bent and twisted propellors, we've come across afew, but quite unbelievably, a broken Merlin engine, in a huge glass case. Spectacular! In contrast, one of the others we visited, had just a small plaque on a fence post.
At another, there was a horse, in an ajacent field, looking fairly sorry for himself. He came over to say hello, so I stroked him and gave him some of the long grass, on our side of the fence. When it came time to leave, I warned him he might get frightened by the engines. I started up, nothing, but when Phil fired up, the poor fella jumped and ran away. The power of 6 over a twin!
We arrived at our hotel, late afternoon. On the edge of town and in what seems like a health complex, it had a huge room, with a little seating area, really quite nice. We thought about eating in but Phil looked at some reviews, which were not so positive, so we chose the only option available, McDonalds and not for the first time today. Not only was this a deviation from our usual 'posher' nosh but also meant we were beer free for the evening.
Tomorrow we shall be making our way into Germany. We have a couple more memorials before that though.
Beer count remains at 12
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