Munich: Sept 10th to 15th

We’re now at Lake Starnberg, 20 miles south of Munich. The site is right by the lake, with the mountains of the Germany-Austria border somewhere in the misty background, through the slanting rain. It’s still very pleasant!

On arrival, we were shown to our pitch by a helpful German (BUT, he no English & we no German) who indicated the direction of water & chemical toilet points. The water was right next to the pitch- but where was the loo emptying station? After much searching, I found a sign bearing the legend “CHEMICAL KLOSET”.

However, to get to it, one had to walk through the middle of the restaurant’s outside dining area. Picture this: tucking into your bratwurst with a procession of campers squeezing past your table, each one clutching a full, sloshing caravan toilet! But all's well that ends well – they had relocated the bog emptying facility to another, but obscure, location. You people on main drains don’t know you’re born!

We visited Ruth in Munich both days at the weekend, most enjoyably. The weather was cold, only 7 degrees, but we saw the city centre and the Deutsches Museum. The photo is of one fascinating exhibit – a homemade aeroplane from the 80’s, intended to be flown from East to West Germany. It never flew since they were arrested the day before the planned fight, but it was later judged airworthy. We’ll stick with Ryanair!