8th July – Mission Accomplished

780 miles, 13 hours driving over 2 days and we made it. V v happy.

“Only” 290 miles today. After a morning walk and a buffet breakfast (face masks compulsory) kept going north through Hamburg and beyond. Maxed out at 108mph today so need to try harder when we go back.

Danish border does stop everyone, but it was quiet and only delayed us for 10 minutes. Showed him passports and Jo’s birth certificate and that seemed adequate – even though we didn’t show them any evidence that she lived in Denmark.

And we may have seen the future. It’s totally back to normal here which in itself is weird. We can go into shops, bars, cafes without queuing or pre-booking and so on and so on. And you don’t have to continually avoid people.

More of that in the days to come, including Jo’s fabulous new flat. Meanwhile, might even get a haircut …