AFTER AN EMOTIONAL FAREWELL to our Eriba, we regrouped and prepared to welcome TinTin2 to our Lyon family voyage of discovery. A dream in the making for more than 20 years, it was highly appropriate that the arrival of our Airstream 534 coincided with our 25th wedding anniversary: something very silver indeed – lucky us!
After a break from European travel, we were keen to cross the Channel again, opting this year to limit the mileage and number of campsites, but still meeting key family holiday criteria – Action, Adventure and Angling.
We spent a few nights away navigating TinTin2 and familiarising ourselves with what seemed complicated processes initially, turning on taps and heating.
Then we started our journey preparations in earnest. Travelling the first time with depleted cupboards and fridge (thanks to the post-Brexit food rules, imposed since the last time we ventured abroad) meant more time focused on activity packing!
TinTin2 at the ready
Unaware of all these industrious preparations, Lucy, our six-year-old Cavachon, could hardly contain her excitement as we finally boarded the 9am Stena Line crossing from Harwich to Hook of Holland – snuggling down together in a shared pet-friendly cabin (a first for us) marked the real start our summer holidays.
An hour from the ferry terminal, in relentless rain, we pitched up at Boerderijcamping Demmerik, chosen for its proximity to Amsterdam (25 minutes by car), Lake Utrecht and
