The next day I drove to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. Long drive and at 24ºc as I travelled through northern Germany amazingly warm for early April. Stayed at a nice B&B in a small nearby village and the next day sent time in the Princessehof ceramic museum. Amazing museum, wonderful collection and lovely town.

Afternoon - ferry from Ijmuiden back to Newcastle... Cool and grey as we pass the beach houses on the way out of Holland.... Sailing up the Tyne pass a very odd looking ship... I later learn that it is carrying the last dry dock from Swan Hunters - on its way to India...

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