My brother in law lives in Denmark, he's been there for maybe 40 years, wife and 4 kids, he's 70 next week and my wifes birthday the day after,  my wife hasn't seen him for close on 10 years.

So we're driving to Denmark starting on the 1st June.

Ferry from Hawich booked and sails at 11.00pm so plenty of time to get to there, it's about 175 miles pretty much direct east for us, the route actually goes via a major road  upgrade that I was on with the UK Cat dealer as field service engineer so will be good to see it actually finished and being used.

Ferry arrives at the Hook of Holland Thursday morning

We then have about 400miles to drive to a hotel in Northern Germany that we booked for the night, 

We then have 500 miles or so to drive to Svenborg where he lives although he had booked a ferry crossing in Denmark that does cut some driving out, we couldn't book it as only Danish speaking and phone booking only.

As he retired a couple of years ago he's learning to play the guitar so we got him a Fender Telecaster for his birthday so we're taking that out.

We then leave his house around the 6th or 7th (can't remember) and I booked a beach cottage in Jutland which is a part of Denmark right on the west coast in a nature reserve.

We then have maybe 1000mile drive and ferry home

Gutted I have to drive my wifes volvo xc40 and not my ram, we did originally want to take our 5th wheel trailer but the ferry from the UK to Holland was £1500, ah well put the miles on the new junk not my truck  

 

Been trying to get everything fixed that I need to before I go ( the joys of working for yourself)   just fitted a Honda engine in a power barrow that had totally the wrong output shaft, camshaft, and sump as the owner didn't check the oil and it seized, 2 hours earlier he posted on face##ck a pic of this power barrow loaded up with concrete fence posts with the caption " work smarter not harder"  smartest thing he could have done at the start of that day was check the engine oil   delivery of the correct new Honda engine was November, so go a mower engine, same designation and changed the sump, camshaft and made a bush in the lathe to upsize the crank output from 22.2mm to 25.4mm, skip and belly plate back on tomorrow and then get UK stickers and headlight changers for the car and we're off

Probably just looking at you makes her tired.

 

One thing about your part of the world - buildings that are hundreds of years old.  Simply amazing!

 

- John

9 hours ago, JAG1 said:

Think how all the cuts need to change angles, the sides, top and bottom as it goes up to build the dome.

Without power tools or cranes to set them.....just fascinating and amazing

12 hours ago, Max Tune said:

Without power tools or cranes to set them.....just fascinating and amazing

It is amazing to think about how and what possible engineering they would had to have done.

Bought a 1940 Philips valve radio today in Volupor in a antique shop, receives long wave, medium and short wave, made 1940 to 1941 to receive World news from all over the world about WW2

Plugged it in and it works but needs a aerial, can't wait to see what it will pick up 

Pictures seem to be upside down @IBMobile help

 

 

Nice shape for 1942! Good deal you made

Getting everything packed ready for the drive home,  about a 1,000 miles all in,  stopping in the same hotel in Sittensen tonight which is 5 1/2 hrs from here then we booked a night in Lokkem Holland tomorrow night. 

Yesterday we were driving down the coast road 181 and the was a line of American cars and trucks coming the other way maybe 1 1/2 miles long, must have been over 300 vehicles, 4 rams none diesel, value of all must have been millions 

Took the scenic route instead of the motorways,  much better but set off at 11.00 and just arrived at nearly 6.00

Just cracked the lid off of Boston pale ale which is a American IPA brewed in Thisted Denmark 

Stayed again in the same hotel in Sittensden Germany, dinner in an italian resturant, was done for 8.30pm and falling asleep 

 

Stayed 1 night in a old town called Lockem in the Netherlands, maybe 100yards from a huge church built in the 1500's on top of the remains of a church built in 02 AD, had dinner in Woodstock cafe, great music, great beer situated in a very old square just next to the church

 

Everything from the very first day to the last was perfect so much so that we've decided next year to drive to Sweden and Norway and if time visit Finland again driving the same route Netherlands, Germany, Denmark to the Copenhagen island where there is a bridge to Sweden then once in Sweden access is bridges etc to Finland and Norway

I was pretty bothered about driving on the right but with the new in car sat nav in our volvo xc40 it was easy and I have to say road layouts are better than the uk

Ferry from the Hook of Holland to Harwich sailed at 10.00pm last night and got to Harwich around 5.00am breakfast at 6.30am and then off

The swap over to driving on the left was no bother at all.

I'm pretty sure I could persuade my wife to go next year in the ram....... maybe with a little paintwork done 

here's a picture of a plaque in Harwich old town where the docks were 100's of years ago, we spent a few hours in Harwich because we were 4 hours early for the ferry to Holland

 

Harwich is full of history

 

@IBMobile can you rotate the picture please, I  have no idea why some of my pictures come out upside down, they are the right way up on my phone and laptop ??

 

 

Driving on the wrong side of the road..., posting pictures upside down..., isn't that normal for the folks in the UK?

 

It is hard to imagine setting sail in the year 1620 from one country to another country that one had never been to before.

 

- John

35 minutes ago, Tractorman said:

Driving on the wrong side of the road..., posting pictures upside down..., isn't that normal for the folks in the UK?

 

It is hard to imagine setting sail in the year 1620 from one country to another country that one had never been to before.

 

- John

it's us that drive on the correct side   Came about so that Knights in armour and on horseback passed each with their sword hand (right hand) facing the enemy

If you're on the right and right handed then your sword is slashing at absolutly nothing, also jousting is passing on the left too, if on the right you would joust all the heads off of the spectators 

 

Yes 1620 on a wooden ship with no engine just bits of cloth

 

As for pictures upside down I have no idea what's going on, they are always right way up on my stuff 

On 6/18/2022 at 10:53 AM, Tractorman said:

posting pictures upside down

 

Id expect that from the Aussies more than the UK ..

On 6/18/2022 at 7:53 AM, Tractorman said:

 

 

It is hard to imagine setting sail in the year 1620 from one country to another country that one had never been to before.

 

- John

Joe Biden does it everyday.