We didn’t hear from the tyre garage yesterday, but the Tesla app shows that the tyre pressure is okay again, so the new tyre must have arrived and been fitted. Great! So I return the rental car at 8 am with a good feeling. And I’m very glad that Caroline picks me up and drives me back to the hotel. The walk would have taken [Weiterlesen]

Today LucY is waiting for us with a low tyre pressure warning on the rear left tyre. The reason for this quickly becomes apparent when we want to pump in some air at the petrol station opposite our hotel: A huge screw is stuck up to its head in the tyre. Wow. We must have caught it somewhere along the way. But we’re in luck: [Weiterlesen]

England, here we come! After final preparations, we set off at 9 am. There is little traffic and we make good progress. One hour later, we cross the border to France in Basel and soon leave the motorway again. LucY prefers to drive as directly as possible. This is because the slower but more direct route consumes less electricity than detours via the motorway. We’ve [Weiterlesen]

From 6 to 20 September 2024, we’ve been on holiday in the UK. Here’s sort of a list what we’ve been up to. Friday, 6 September 2024: We’re off to the UK! Saturday, 7 September 2024: A glimpse into the future Sunday, 8 September 2024: A house call on the south coast Monday, 9 September 2024: No giant skeleton from Costco Tuesday, 10 September 2024: [Weiterlesen]

As we do after every trip to England, we drive to Gabi’s mum’s to eat the donuts we brought with her and Gabi’s sister. This time we actually manage the whole pack! Which has become easier since Krispy Kreme changed from boxes of 12 to boxes of 9. The photos show before and after. We did not only bring gifts for Gabi’s mum and sister, [Weiterlesen]

Today we get up earlier than usual. We want to get home. At 8.45 am, all the luggage and shopping bags are stowed in the car and we bought sandwiches for the journey. We set off and make really good progress. On the way to Folkestone, we stop at the Maidstone service station to get donuts. We arrive at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone shortly [Weiterlesen]

On our last full day in England, we sleep in. Today we stay here, e.g. instead of driving into Central London, we wander through the Westfield Shopping Centre, in the middle of which our hotel is located. The hotel, which is different from our usual one, is proving to be very good so far. We especially enjoy having a mini-fridge. We walk up and down [Weiterlesen]

Gabi said yes: We can go to the Back to the Future musical (again). We have booked tickets for tonight. But first we start the day at the Disney Store on Oxford Street. There’s a massive amount of Stitch plush toys. Sadly Gabi can’t find the Christmas tree decorations and the figure that she had seen on the internet. Then it’s time for lunch. In [Weiterlesen]

Today we drive into the city centre to go shopping. We really enjoy the route into London. We see the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, the Shard and the Walkie Talkie building, drive past Tower Bridge and the Tower of London and then along the Thames, with a beautiful view of the London Eye. We then go around the Admiral Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square and [Weiterlesen]

Today we leave Taunton and start the last leg of our holiday trip to England. We’ll spend the next few days in London before returning home on Friday. It’s a three-hour drive to the Westfield White City shopping centre in the west of London. Here we want to recharge LucY’s battery, and also visit a restaurant and a shop that are only available here. We [Weiterlesen]