The long range weather forecast (aka man with a bit of seaweed and a fir cone) predicts that it's not going to get worse by next weekend, with the Good Friday appearing to be about the best it's been for a while.
OK, it's not going to be the 21c of last year, but hey-ho. It's probably going to be warmer than when we went in November.
Bring your thermals
With this in mind I have reconfirmed all our rooms with the hotels, switching KevB (who has scuppered his back) to Cooky. I know KevB, who's a good egg and Cooky too, it's all worked out well for everyone.
I have created two possible rideouts, each broadly circular of about 200 miles. Sensibly, let's take a look at what we find when we get to Vianden. I have got assorted maps of the area, so it shouldn't be too hard to cobble things together to suit all or anyone. I will also do some digging around to see what attractions are within striking distance of a shorter rideout. The obvious one is the well known Bastogne, with its Battle of the Bulge associations, memorial etc.
I will lob the rideouts up later, just so those with Mapsource can have a look. One rideout takes us east into Germany, the other broadly northwest to Spa. We could have a look at the race circuit, too. Lunch on both we'll have to take pot luck on. Something should turn up.... I hope.
Richard
PS I will ping up a list of the trains I think everyone is on. Wave to someone you think is with us if you see them. All being well, I'll see those who are going over early at the hotel, sometime.
PPS Let's aim to get going (wheels rolling) by 09:00 on the Friday morning, with a decently full tank. That should ensure we can all fuel up again in a decent sequence. Paula will probably have the lowest range but there is plenty of fuel en-route.
It's a decent schlep across to Vianden if we take the same route as we used in November. It works OK and we now have the advantage of the longer light. Better to leave earlier, to arrive earlier (hopefully).