May 30th

May 30th
After eating eggs bennie and fresh strawberries, we cleaned up our belongings. Georg, with the help of our English neighbours, managed to fix the leak in our sink water pump and tighten the fan belt. Needless to say, he also brought along tools and gadgets to fix things. It rained horribly last evening, but again we stayed toasty warm and dry. We are sleeping very comfortably. Picked up groceries at a large grocery chain store. One thing for sure – we are eating well.
The drive was a bit hectic today trying to navigate the smaller roads via the computer program because of detours and changes since the program was designed. Instead, we got on the main five-lane highway into London. A little scary, slow because of congestion and rain, but we managed to get to our “caravan club” location in Chertsey about 20 miles outside London. We are having some pretty nice dinners. Tonight, wild Alaskan salmon, stir fry and rice. Settled in for our usual reading, cards and bed by 10. We will be up early to catch train into central London tomorrow.
Some early observations of England are that the women especially are quite heavy , sloppy and are either very young and or single mothers. We also notice that there is more garbage and dog shit on the streets, less pride of home ownership and that more people seem to smoke. Interesting how much more healthy, slim and active the people are in Holland especially (possibly because there are so many bicycles).