May 28th

May 28th
To day we began early towards Canterbury on very small back roads. Georg is loving the program he received from John and Steph and would not be able to navigate our route as well without it. We noticed a high pitched squeal from the engine. Georg took a look and deduced that either the loose fan belt is the culprit or the water pump. For now, we sprayed WD40 on the belt and will look at the belt tension later. We arrived in a campground that we were able to purchase a temporary L20 Overseas Membership for the Camping and Caravanning Club of UK. This is about $10 Cdn/night savings on the cost of approx. $35 Cdn/night . We paid between $10 - $20 Cdn/night in Belgium and Holland. So far, the facilities in all the campsites are perfect for us. We plug into electricity, showers are hot, and everything is clean and orderly.
We saw a bit of Canterbury and attended a beautiful service in the Canterbury Cathedral listening to an angelic choir. The cathedral was built in the 500’s and completed in the 1500’s and is massive. Looking forward to exploring it more tomorrow. We exited to a downpour of rain and proceeded to use our ponchos to walk back to the campsite. They worked perfectly. Georg thought of everything for our trip. When we returned for dinner, I remembered that there was an electric heater left from the previous owners of our VW. Well, now we really were in heaven listening to the BBC, enjoying a glass of wine before dinner and toasty and warm inside our van. What more could we want.