Tuesday 8th October 2024
Day 25
Today was another day of pleasant driving through wonderful scenery, not as dramatic as the last few days but even so enjoyable.
As usual there were lots of place and scenes we would have liked to have taken photos of but it is very difficult to stop as there are very few stopping places, however as a bonus the speed limit is higher here so we can move a little quicker.
There are only two motorhome parking places here and thankfully both we and Alison and Peter were able to take them as they were empty when we arrived.
The walk into town was only a short distance and we stopped part way to collect walnuts that had fallen off the tree, there were lots of pear trees laden with fruit, but I expect they were rock hard.
High above the town is Wolfsburg Castle which was built more than 7 centuries ago and has been rebuilt and changed ownership on numerous occasions the later owners derived their wealth from an extensive regional agricultural estate economy which changed in 1938 with the construction of Volkswagen factory and the town developed for the workers. Today the castle is an arts museum and arts centre with an extensive collection of modern art, sadly it wasn’t open and that saved our legs the challenge of walking up a steep hill to gain access.
The centre of town wasn’t large as there is a lot of out of town development, there were some shops selling high quality expensive goods. There was also quite a lot of construction work going on in the centre on what looked like the re-construction of a culvert running under the town.
Of course we reached a point where thirst directed us to a bar where sat outside and enjoyed a beer.
Earlier in the afternoon as we gazed in a shop window at some expensive furniture and fittings the owner came out and gave Layla a dog treat, a meat chewy. Then later as we sat at the above bar, a customer walked up to us and pulled out dog treats from his pocket and gave Layla some returning a short while later with some more. Needless to say no one offered us adults anything.
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