Picked up Elsa at the station and cycled off to Oerlinghausen to see her aunt. Quite a climb, but we managed.
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The last time I saw Elsa’s aunt was 39 years ago, when we two 14-year olds cycled from Holland via Hamm to Oerlinghausen and stayed with her. It was a bit of a surprise to her, and great to see her again after all this time! Hopefully we will not let another 39 years pass.
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We continued in the direction of Hannover and started looking for a campsite around Herford, which has quite a nice centre, by the way.
The way to the campsite was quite undulating, but we managed. Elsa’s tent is totally different again, lots of space inside!
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We cooked and talked all evening and finally did the washing -up in the dark – need to improve on that in future. Again, we are the only small tents
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soooo nice to see Elsa, have loads and loads of fun together!!!!
Saw an interesting clip on the S-Bahn Infotafel today. In Paris, if you scrap your car & use a bike instead, you get €4000 from the state! They hope to make Paris a more car-free town.
You are part of the tiny tent movement then ? Very practical if you have to carry your tent under your own pedal power!