5th /6th June 227km And here is the weather forecast from the BBC. The cyclone currently following Sue & Sarah around Europe continues to headin a northerly direction & is expected to hit the Netherlands within the next two days. A severe weather warning has been issued to all areas that they are heading for. If you wish to avoid torrential rain & thunder storms the like of which have not been seen since Noah….. then don't plan to be where they are...

3rd /4th/ July 335km Long & tedious drive on to Freiberg, an old university town in the Black Forest region.As we drove down the mountain into Freiberg (following a train) the 'Venetian' thunderstorm hit again. As we arrived in the outskirts we hit rush hour traffic whilst in a tunnel, we were in there almost an hour & seriously thought we would die of carbon monoxide poisoning. What should have been a 4 hour journey took 7 hours! Nice campsite on a lake...

1st/2ndJulySalzburg to Ottobrunn 135 km Ottobrunn to Seefeld 60km Packed up and headed for Ottobrunn where cousin Anita lives on the outskirts of Munchen (Munich).We knew we'd crossed the boarder into Germany when the autobahn suddenly became like a grand prix race course! Even the Nissan micras were leaving us standing. It was like one of those movie special effects where the camera pans out on a subject & every thing else zooms into the distance, there i...

29th/ 30th June 150km Campsite is about 5km from centre of Salzburg. We arrived at 4pm and spent the afternoon planning our sightseeing for the next day. As the weather has been cooler, we are leaving Drum behind to guard the van. Got our first real use of the bikes and cycled the 5km into Salzburg. The cycle path followed a stream & then the river, right into the centre of the old town. Famous as Mozart's birthplace, the film location for 'Sound of Musi...

27th / 28th June291km Amazing thunderstorm in the night, went on for hours, the sky constantly alight with lightening, then the rain started and it didn't stop. Nothing worse than trying to pack up the van in the rain with 2 people & a dog inside. Said fair well to our Russian & Australian neighbours and headed out of Italy towards Austria. Took the motorway as the rain but the final nail in the coffin of the prospect of going over the mountains….Sar...