We left Alconbury last Thursday, and nearly made Switzerland in one day! Not by design I should add, but we just couldn’t find a motorway services in France to park up for the night: they were totally full with lorries. We often do an overnight stop in services when we plan to cover a big mileage on the first day because you just pull into the next services when you’ve had enough, with no campsite to find or time constraints.
But why the problem this time? Then the penny drops: we’re near the German border, and what’s changed in the last few years is the mass of extra lorries coming from the new EU countries like the Baltic States, the Czech Republic and particularly Poland. We head down towards the Swiss border where these lorries don’t go- and suddenly there’s plenty of room. We eat dinner at 10.30pm, but who cares, and after nibble on a few savoury sticks (Paluski Polish sticks, 99p from Tesco- so it’s no good us complaining about all these extra lorries!)
So now we’ve arrived at Interlaken. The site has the unlikely name of “The Lazy Rancho”, shades of Texas rather than Switzerland, but very friendly & helpful proprietors who speak fluent English.
From our pitch we have a 5* view of the Eiger, Mönch and part of the Jungfrau. It’s interesting how their appearance changes depending on the time of day and weather. The following two photos give some idea of this. The first is taken at sundown and the second in near darkness, both with some cloud.
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