Today has been all about the Möhnesee, which is quite a big place. After breakfast, I went to the local Edeka, which was just across the road from where we parked last night, and did a quick shop - couldn't resist apple and nut cakes in the bakery, which were, indeed, delicious.
Then we drove to the Möhne dam, which was, of course, the main dam that got busted and which did the most damage, but it is still imposing, even now. The lake is huge and placid, and probably teeming on summer weekends, but quite quiet midweek.
And although it is only September, it is very much cooler than since years, and I am regretting not having packed pyjamas and jeans/cords rather than summer nighties and linen trousers. Of course, the forecast is for it to get nicer and nicer just as we go home! But this morning it was cold enough that we needed to give the heating a blast before we got up.
After the dam, we drove on, but the Swan Whisperer realised he'd made a mistake and we couldn't go round the South side of the lake, so we parked in a random nature reserve off a side road to have lunch, being very amused by two Dutch lorries whose Satnavs obviously wanted them to drive through the reserve....
Then we drove on, retracing our steps to the main road, across the lake and through the village of Stockum. I said I thought we'd been there before, but the Swan Whisperer didn't think so - until we saw the car park where we had stopped for lunch about 15 months ago and bought sausages from the kiosk, which turned out to be on a plate by themselves so we were glad we had bought bread!
We have ended up in an aire in this place called Engelslieth. It's free, but no services, and, amazingly, there is another British camper van here - we don't often see them in Germany.
And because I have taken almost no photos today, here is our drive with supper cooking on it!
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