Basil’s large teutonic frame is feeling uncomfortable, he’s surrounded by Brits. We’ve barely seen any compatriots since leaving home, in fact before today we could have counted the British vans we’ve seen on the fingers of one hand. Basil, on the other hand, would have needed hundreds of digits to count his compatriots. But suddenly the tables have turned. Out of 20 vans on site there are at least 6 from Britain. It’s been very enjoyable to have conversations with compatriots in our own language and learn about their motorhoming adventures.

Today was a day of rest, relaxation and recuperation; but not for Sarah. She has discovered that the washing machine on Camping Adam is free and better still our pitch is next to it. Ever since this discovery Sarah has hogged the machine. Everything has been through the wash and Basil has looked like a professional laundry with drying washing hanging from ever possible vantage point. On a more serious note, it has saved us the cost of a day’s camping. Most campsite washing machines cost in the region of 4 Euros. Sarah has managed to do 7 washes (it’s a small machine) at a potential saving of 28 Euros!!

Is there a motorhome under there?

I, on the other hand, have done relatively little. No change there then I can hear you all say. We have no shops in the vicinity of Camping Adam so I undertook a small expedition by bus to the local Spar shop to forage for bread. This time the ticket machine on the bus was broken and so again I had to risk the wrath of Polish ticket inspectors, but of course there weren’t any.

The day’s weather has been mixed, which is the main reason we made it our rest day. The morning was sunny and warm, but then we had some fairly heavy rain. No problem for Sarah and I; we closed Basil’s door and watched the Cohen Brother’s excellent Blood Simple on my laptop.

I have done some planning and plotted a route through Poland and Lithuania, our next country. We have decided that we would rather have longer on campsites and consequently endure extended journeys rather than move everyday in order to reduce our daily time driving. So next it is going to be Torun in northern Poland, which is going to be a 5 hour journey.

Tomorrow is going to be a shock to the system in two ways. First in a trivial way, in that my tour starts from the campsite at 8am! The second much more serious in that I am going to be visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau. I think I am prepared for what I will see but I suspect it will be a gruelling day.