Do not forget a roll of duct tape!!!

Well, from Monday (15 June) the campsites in NL will at last open their shower blocks. 🥳

We’ve decided to fork out a fortune and hire a car with a tow bar to have our first weekend away in the troll.
We have to hire, because the B+E exam has been blocked by lockdown.
Hubby has a date for the exam in July, finally, but I’ve been working 50+ hr weeks and really need a break, so we’re splashing out.

We shall be off on 26-29 June. Hertz are offering us a Jeep SUV thing, but can’t guarantee it, so we may be phoning around friends and family to borrow a car if they’ve loaned it out to someone else in the week before. Fingers crossed no one else wants a jeep that week!

We’re off to a small campsite we’ve been to before with the tent near Barneveld. It has a lovely forest walk next to the dog friendly pitches. Just 1.5 hrs drive so a nice easy first trip.

I’ll take photos!

Thanks for all the helpful advice folks.

And Colin, I hope you get your trip next year.
I know how you feel. We were planning our first trips to be Scotland and Norway, but by the time the borders open it will be too cold.
We’re assuming we might be able to head south in September and aim for south of France. Let’s see how it goes.

Hubby checked. It has enough towing power and is light enough to not take us over the 3500kg
We’d prefer to use the XC60 but it’s too heavy 😳😕

Sounds good site Wendy. Enjoy your van to the full the full and hopefully you will get some nice weather.

Just as you set off on your trip we should be returning from a 3 week tour of South Wales that obviously hasn't taken place .....at least the weather looked horrible there today which is some small consolation for us, but obviously not for the locals.
MikeT

I know what you mean, Mike. I was supposed to be enjoying my first long weekend in Rome in March, and a week in Crete in May.
We deferred Rome to October but Crete was just cancelled. We’re still not sure about Rome.
A weekend away is fun, but not the same. Ahh well, it is how it is.

Colin, it’s a Jeep Compass. Hubby checked with hertz, and it has the capability of towing 1500kg. We shall confirm the day before, and cancel it if it isn’t powerful enough, or they have already rented it out to someone else.