What an event. Luckily for us we weren't looking for a Motorhome because if you were you would have started to bleed from the ears. There were thousands of them.
Sadly non of them were British which is possible a symptom of the poor quality we produce. Very Sad.
Anyway, we spent two days there and only got around one of the 10 or so halls, but we saw what we went for which was all the trade stands for Motorhome components and equipment.
After leaving Dusseldorf, which was an experience in itself we drove to Mendig to attend "Willy's Treffen " which as an annual event named after its founder Willy Janssen who was a bit of a German Globetrotter.
The event was held on an old army training camp and was packed to the doors with hundreds of Beardy Weirdy people and their trucks. Lots of camp fires, eating and soap dodging going on.
One bloke even turned up with a projector set and screened a film against the side of his truck.
We struggled to get a plot ad as we arrived first we tried to secure three plots for our friends Sandie and Karsten and Ellen and Perry.
Sandie and Karsten turned up first in their beautiful blue Mercedes 1113A with an Ormocar Cabin on it.
We then heard from Ellen that they were also bringing two other friends in their vehicles , Luckily just as they arrived they opened up another camping area so we all manged to get places.
A great weekend and loads of interesting ideas, trucks and people .
We stayed an extra night more than the rest of the group then set off for Cochem on the Mosel.
Cochem was a very pretty town, right on the river . We took the scooter down the Mosel to Zell which was another beautiful Town on the river.
Most of you Will already know that we are intending to have a truck built in Germany ( to travel the world ) so decided to pay the constructor " Ormocar " a visit in Hauenstein .
We spent a whole day with Peter, the owner and thrashed out loads of the detail of the cabin we are having built.
We finished up with the long drive back to St Omer in France were we had a great morning in the town going around the markets and then into a festival in the park were we listened to a french orchestra playing Glen Miller hits. It was all a but Deja Vue as we had attended the Twinwood festival only a couple of weekend before , which was all about Glen Miller.
Pat also had a chat with some guys who had dedicated their entire lives to growing Cauliflowers. They even dressed like them with green capes and cauliflower hats.
We met up with Andy and Lorraine for the evening. We did all laugh when Andy got himself in a panic because Lorraine told him she had found a leak in the water tank.
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| Andy finds a leak in his water tank. |
Oh well , can't wait for the next trip.
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