We took Jonesy to Christian Marks, vet in Bernkastel Kues, Germany. He needed worming and his passport completed before returning to the uk. This can cost anything up to 55 euros. Christian completed this and then we started chatting. He told me of a 93 yr old English guy who is one of his customers . The old guy drives a motorhome and got stopped for speeding by the German police . When they asked him for his licence he gave them his second world war licence for driving tanks. They accepted this. He then told me of a 80yr old woman he is friends with in Brighton who received a medal from the Queen Mum. He told me that she wears it everyday and is proud of it. He talked a lot about his love of Britain and the Queen Mum so I told him about my dad who was badly wounded defending the naval base near the Forth Bridge on HMS Edinburgh and that he was the first wounded in the second world war on uk territory. When he was in hospital the German Stuker pilot who attacked him was in the next bed. He had the last rites and heroin and the queen mum came to see him and gave him a pair of pyjamas. I also told him that later when he was on HMS Prince of Wales he hunted the Bismark and was sunk in the South China Sea . He listened intently and at the end of my stories he told me that Germany had caused us enough damage and then refused to accept any payment. A really nice guy who was not only generous with his charges but more importantly generous with his time. As we were leaving he escorted us out into the waiting room, that was now getting busy, and showed us all of the things he'd been given by customers. Somebody had given him 3 handmade Welsh shepherds crooks. We left the surgery unsure of what had just happened.
The Moselle is still busy with some sites full despite the dull cold weather. We got on the acsi site at Krov, 16e a night. Did want to stay on a Stellplatz but facilities on site good with an excellent bar/restaurant where we both had pork schnitzel and chips and two pints each for 28e. Food tasty. 500 c beer cost 2.80. This morning we filled in the uk gov. Passenger Locator form for return to uk tomorrow.
Bernkastel-Kues 
Bernkastel kues
It’s things like this that make a holiday Phil and it’s nice meeting nice people 👏👏
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