Day 1

Bad Laasphe

Long day, but fun with the roof down a lot

Stopped for lunch at Landhaus Stuben in Lohne - 1 minute off the autobahn

Excellent prawns and brilliant service - possibly the best meal of the trip

GPS then found the beautiful Jagdhof Glashutte hotel easily


Jagdhof Glashutte

Day 2

Iphofen

Jehntkeller Hotel

This was a hotel and wine house of the Romantic group

Very nice unpretentious restaurant

Excellent Franken wine - the white is best

Day 3

Tonbach

Hotel Traube Tonbach

Again 3 cheers for GPS

We arrived without a booking on a Friday night, managed to get a pleasant room and a table at their second best restaurant

Michelin gives it 2nd best in Germany - the same hotel also has the best but we couldn't get in

Food was nice but more flashy than yummy

We had intended to stay at Arras in preparation for the Calais-Dover booking. However the weather was awful so we tipped up at 4pm at Calais and got on a 4.45pm crossing

Stayed the last night in London to see family and then home in the sunshine to Shropshire