Day 2, Our Descent Into Hades!

What can be worse than 39.5 degree heat? A menopausal, hot flushing middle aged woman having a panic attack in 39.5 degree heat!

Anyway, I digress! This was the day we arrived in France, had lunch in Belgium, stopped for a drink in Holland and am now sleeping in Germany! Again, not the best of travel days….it’s just too bloody hot! This is Northern Europe for God’s sake!

We always knew today would be a tough driving day, with a lot of mileage to get under our belts, but we certainly hadn’t bargained on the heat. Our plan was to stop for a sleep (next to the motorway in a lay by just off the slip road back on to the motorway outside Bruges in Belgium. So restful!!) Our brilliant plan was then to head to Eindhoven in Holland, spend a few hours there, get a few drinks, mooch around, get some food…..you get the gist? The reality was more like we parked up in a Park & Ride, caught a hot bus into Eindhoven, stumbled in the heat to a bar, where we sat outside (no air con inside!) and Lyn had a small beer and I had a large cherry beer. I was so hot I swear I was physically melting. I have never been so hot, and I don’t mean in a Love Island sort of way. I started to have a panic attack and couldn’t breathe so Lyn sent me in the supermarket next door to cool down. Alas I could not fit in the freezers, nor was I tall enough to get hit by the misters over the fruit and veg, but I did cool down a little bit. We then decided to scrap our plans, catch the bus back and drive on to Germany where it would hopefully be cooler. The bus, was, naturally, packed, so we stood with my nose pressed into someone’s sweaty armpit, until we got back to Harvey; when naturally the heavens opened and the temperature dropped by 20 degrees for a little while.

So, now we are packed in a truckers stop, somewhere in Germany, and the temperature is now a mere 28 degrees at nearly 11pm. Of course I’ve just checked my weather app and it’s only 21 degrees in Eindhoven…….

Hopefully our last hard driving day tomorrow as we drive up to the ferry in Kiel.