Thursday 18th June 2026



Early start (for us) today - on the road by 9.30. Travelled east on M4 and M25 and stopped off for a cup of tea and a cake at South Mimms Services.



From South Mimms we continued east on smaller roads to Harwich where we took on diesel and parked for the day next to the sea. (We are booked on the 9.00 ferry to the Hook of Holland tomorrow morning and we think diesel is more expensive in the Netherlands than in the UK??).



We took a ride/walk along the sea front. It had been more or less dry all day but it rained as soon as we went out!



We passed these beach huts.



This was once a light house, now it's a museum.



This was also once a light house.



Unfriendly territory?



An enormous Chinese? container ship docked in the port while we were here.

Today we travelled 204 miles (328 kilometres). We are at : N51.9410 E1.2904