A little pre-rally rally.




3 countries

474 miles

2 ferries

A bridge over the sea

A tunnel under the sea

63,854 giant wind turbines

AND THE RALLY HASNT EVEN STARTED YET!



                                        


Today began with our arrival at Hook of Holland.  We then swooshed through Holland, Germany and a bit of Denmark, arriving at our home for the night the enchanting little Danish town of Prastø.

We're still making our way to the rally start, in Gothenburg, which we should reach around lunchtime tomorrow.  It's been a uneventful day really. Almost all the driving has been on motorway, through non descript countryside with the car behaving impeccably.  

Unfortunately, as the blog photographer has done most of the driving there are few pictures.  So, a few thoughts and dreadful generalisations of the areas we traversed today.

Holland:  flat, huge greenhouses; orderly; bit dull; wind turbines.

Germany: flat, orderly; bit dull; wind turbines (getting the picture?).

Denmark: rolling pimple hills;  red churches;  quaint houses;  islands; pretty; wind turbines.

The Hotel Frederiksminde in Praestø, is a complete delight and was a very welcome sight after a long days drive. Tomorrow over the bridge to Sweden and a happy reunion with our rally friends.
  
Of course, the real star today has been the Bristol 401.  It polished off nearly 500 miles with ease and has had many people scratching their heads wondering what it is - especially in Germany where it's obvious BMW heritage caused great confusion.








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