The parking spot is a winner. We have a quiet peaceful night. We have been gearing toward getting on a ship bound for the UK on the 11th but discover when we head to McDonalds for wifi that actually there is no possibility to change our sailing from this dock at all. We would have to wait until the 25th. Rather annoying to have not been told that sooner.
We end up spending about four hours on the net talking to NZ, sorting things with insurance and trying to work out how to get back. We decide that it is worth the chance to drive to Holland and try to get a new booking to the UK from there.
It is with great relief that along the way we get word that we are booked on a sailing the following day. It ends up being a very big day. The GPS is always so optimistic with trip times. The six and a half hour total is rather extended.
Everyone is pretty tired when we end up parking up in a residential area in the town of Deventer in Holland at around 11pm. Not a fabulous sleep here though. We find in the morning that we are parked under a chestnut tree. Sporadically through the night we have been popped with falling debris. In the middle of the night it is rather easy to imagine some thugs, annoyed local residents, robbers, delinquents and/or bad guys throwing things to annoy, provoke or threaten.
The following day we arrive at Hoek van Holland in time for a quick wander before boarding the ship at 2:30.
Mostly it feels pretty sad to leave the continent after all this time on the road. We've had a fabulous time. It has been such an incredible opportunity for us and it is hard to imagine it ever happening in this way again.
We are delighted to know that we will briefly see some of our friends as we sort ourselves for our trip home over the next few days. That will feel all too short but it is great to see things coming together to get back home - probably this week.
We have an endless list of things to sort before jumping on a plane but we are that much closer to sorting things once we arrive in the UK in Harwich.
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