The Last Post for Hedges Normandy

G-Day for the last time to all our family and friends who have been with us on this trip through this web site.

Yes it has arrived, the last day of what can be said as one of those holidays that you would normally only dream about coming your way.
• Seven weeks driving in one of your favourite WWII military vehicles in Europe seeing most of the major battle fields etc. Also doing this with a lovely group of fellow minded people. Thanks must go to Bev & Lang for giving us all the opportunity to join them on this trip. Without them it would not have been possible. Thank you both.
• One week in Paris staying with a fine host in Henri and seeing the sights.
• Three days in London having some quiet time with my lovely wife and doing the sights.
• Two and a bit weeks travelling the lower part of the UK in a camper van, visiting long time friends and new ones. As well having seen some of the best parts of the UK that it has to offer.
I’m sitting at the airport in Korea thinking to myself what can we possibly do to out do this trip, I’m not sure that we can, but be rest assured we will try.

John
PS Fiona can have her own say now.

For a first time camper on such a daunting trip, I will say it has been fantastic. A little bit of settling in at first and getting to know everyone else on the trip, as well as sussing out the grocery stores and getting to used to buying things in different languages, like one of the group at the end bought what she thought was milk, only to find it was some sort of buttermilk like Yakult. It didn’t go well with the morning corn flakes and coffee.

I echo John’s comments about the places and sights we have seen along the way. We found some sights that no-one else saw, relocated some we had both seen before and missed a lot that I had hoped to see but just didn’t have time because of the schedule we found ourselves in. I have no idea why, but I got a bit teary as the jumbo lifted off the tarmac at Heathrow last night.

When all is now said and done, it has been a blast and most of all having the company of my wonderful husband on our real honeymoon for such a long time. Corowa for a week after the wedding last year certainly did not count as a honeymoon.

Some wonderful friends have been made during this trip and we know we will see them again.

5000 miles in Europe and 1300 miles in the UK.

PS Paddy thoroughly enjoyed himself as well and was glad to have joined us.

Au revoir, ciao, auf weidersein, see ya around and signing off this blog. We hope you have enjoyed following us, and until next time.

Fiona and John