Sinzig

26th June

We left the Heimbach stellplatz and headed deeper into the Eifel National Park intending to visit the Uft Dam and then a former Nazi training barracks.

Unfortunately, we had some electrical problems we needed to sort so we made it to the outskirts of the car park! We put out the warning triangle and discovered we only need to replace the indicator bulb.

We then stopped outside the town of Morsbech after climbing and descending some pretty hefty hills to take a picture – the hills were so steep that the brake disks were smoking at which point I was really unsure whether the van was going to catch fire or whether I was being over dramatic – it was the latter and the fire extinguisher was relocated.

The Vogelsang barracks were quite new as a visitor attraction and we needed to have organised a trip before hand in English rather than German. It was a large site but too hot and most doors were locked unless you were part of a tour which was very disappointing.

We set out to drive to Bingen am Rhine but it was far too hot, nearly 34 degrees and extremely muggy, so we shortened the route aiming to arrive at Sinzig within about an hour. After dinner at making friends with the neighbours by offering them shade with the location of our van the heavens opened for a massive thunderstorm. Paul beat me again at Scrabble!