Yes are you ready? Are you ready? Right guys it's time to start travelling again our van is
all packed we're all ready to go and we're going to drive down to Newcastle today which
is a two-hour drive to get the ferry over to the Netherlands anyway Nala's all already I'm all
ready so let's say goodbyes and start driving
Eh we hate saying goodbye to granny don't we? Yes we do
Cause she is 93 and she's old and she's deaf and blind as well so it's very hard to like have a phone call with her so
aye the hardest part of leaving is saying goodbye to my gran anyway shall we say goodbye
Eh waiting for her to come through here because Nala can't go through because my dad
- You be a good boy and I'll miss you I'll miss you too - A really lot
- So be careful be very careful You want to come with me?
- No no no no not in the boat Eh? Not in the ferry anyway love you
Kiss? - No Kiss? How? - No cause How? We're brothers - No See ya later bro
Big jump good girl good girl jump up
Honestly man
Oi
(Inaudible) I think so - It's right up at the back That's cause I've got stuff in there
Look what we've got as well Nala's wee blanket that'll keep her warm because I was looking at
the temperatures and over in the Netherlands just now it's sitting at minus three I think
it was during the night so aye it's getting cold in Europe anyway let's see if she starts up
First time beautiful sounding engine Ah good clean the windows perfect
Look at that what a service
Let's get her with the window wipers whoops a daisy
So aye we've also got the window wiper working again my friend's garage
just down the road done that and the back window has also been sealed as well we've had a new
seal put around that but the boy did say that the bike rack might be making it leak so we put
the bike rack back on just now and all the covers are pulled away from it so yeah we're
just going to see what it's like when it's when it rains but anyway that's us let's go
And we're off You not sitting down yet?
There we go and International Passenger Terminal let's go
Good girl where you going?
Nala's just having some lunch behind me and this is what we need to get Nala on the
ferry this is a animal health certificate that cost almost 200 Euros but aye the prices went
right up just to get Nala back into Europe again I'm sure it used to be about 30 40 pound but aye
200 Euros for a bit of paper that's all madness and all I need is a passport
and the booking confirmation so I let's check in and get on the ferry
Hello there how are you? That's got my - That's alright
Is it good there? - Any pets? Yeah I've got a pet I've got the health certificate here
- Scan it please, you don't need to press anything Yep - Scan the chip No bother
There we go scanned it beeped anyway
Excellent cheers buddy have a good day - Have a nice weekend
So there we go that's us checked in and now we're going to security
so if the camera goes off here you know why
We've just got to go straight in
Hello there how are you? - Can I ask you a few questions? Any knives weapons or firearms with you? I've got a knife but it's for cooking
- Oh that's fine it's not cooking knives its more long knives, pocket knives, ... So aye I've got that wee pocket knife
- Right do us a favour just move it away from being Okay so just through the back - Yep
There we go - Is it possible to have a quick look in the back? Aye course it is
Crack on, you stay there girl
Ah she's not run away yet
Saying hello? - Is it gas for your cooker? Little bottles or big bottles? Little bottle about that size - Aye that's fine
There we go that's us just driving on it's pretty easy just drive on and then they tell you where
to park make sure your hand brakes on if you've got a car alarm this
one's not switch that off because the boat when it's going it makes them
go off and aye it's that simple then we'll pack our bag and head up and find our room
You good girl? She's all happy at the minute she's just lying there under her blanket nice and warm
Cheers buddy there we go just like that
There we go got Nala just in the bag closed up just now just until we get onto the ferry
but I think I've got everything we need so hopefully I don't have to come back down
Excellent thank you very much
Hello there we go sir - 4402 Excellent thank you
Hello yeah cat as well - Oh that's a cutie
You ready? Jump good girl
You can tell it's the animal room anyway cause she can smell something down here probably a dog in here before I don't imagine they get too many cats
Who's left you their scent? Who's left you their scent? Yes yes so aye this is our room guys
We've got four beds one two three four a wee table in here we have the bathroom so we've
got a wee toilet there where's the light? Wee toilet wee sink and just a wee shower behind that curtain
there what more can you ask for and our view which at the minute is of the fairy terminal building
There but when we get going at least we'll have a nice sea view so we'll get to see the choppy sea
I've actually got a feeling it's going to be pretty choppy going over to the Netherlands
because when I was driving down the coast to get here it was just big white waves everywhere so
aye you coming up here? Ohhh big scratch big scratch are you ready for the ferry are you ready?
Yes we're travelling again all right guys we're gonna unpack our bag here
give Nala some lunch and then gonna have a wee look around the ferry so let's go
Yeah Nala's been sitting down here because there's a dog out in the
hallway and it's constantly barking so you're wondering what all that noise is aren't you
Yes you are ohhh getting comfy look at her
Anyway it's now about five o'clock so we're just
gonna go for a wee walk around the boat just to see what there is to
do and yeah then probably just come back here and get an early night so let's go
Remember I said this boat was going to be a wee bit rocky oh jesus it is
This is going to be a fun ride oh god almighty
- Hello my darling hello baby
- Oh that's nice hold on I'll get another one just in case - Oh wait until she turns around - Nala
- Is she there? No - Nala - Hello beautiful
- Nala - Oh that's good - Oh she's a wee darling I'm so happy to have met her - I'm sure I've done a couple of decent ones
- She was a wee tiny tiny kitten when he saved her Aye she was about 4, 5 weeks when I found her - Through customs and everything with her
- I'll let you read the book I've got the book - Aye - Oh I'm so happy to have met her Aye there we go - And you too
Cheers now ladies
Eh good girl there we go guys we're just gonna call it a night tonight we've tried to
walk about the boat quite a few times and it's just way too rocky so aye we're just
lying down gonna get an early night and we'll see you all in the morning good night
Goooooood morning guys well that is us just reached the port of Amsterdam just
now Nala is just sitting here watching out the window there's
a lot of builders just up on the dock there she's just watching them
Yes what can you see?
What can you see? Good girl
But aye last night was a write off we didn't really get around the ship that much it was
just too rocky every time we stood up and had a wee walk I just felt a wee bit sea sick
so decided to come back to bed and lie down so aye we had an early night and slept throughout
the night Nala was brand new as well she just slept the whole time did you just slip
But aye that's us just reached the port of Amsterdam just now so we're just going to pack up our stuff and
head upstairs get some fresh air and watch us come into port so let's go
Eh you saying hello? - Oh wow
That's it (inaudible)
Right we better head down to the van and see if she starts fingers crossed she does
Right got to go down to deck three I'm just going to close this bag up because obviously
the big door will be opening at the front so I imagine it's going to get pretty loud
So aye that's us in Nessie she started first time and we're just waiting to be called forward we
just basically go out this door through passport control and that's us in the Netherlands
Right so our plans just now is we're just going to find a nice place to set up
for the night I don't actually plan to do much driving during the days and I'm just going to
drive a wee bit find a nice place to camp and then maybe get out on a bike at the minute
it's pretty miserable weather so it's all going to be weather dependent if we get out on the bike or not
But aye just now we're just gonna try and find a nice place to camp which is quite
hard in itself because I believe camping in the Netherlands in your van or car
it's not allowed and I'm sure it comes with a fine so we need to try and hide away but
we've done it for a few years now so we should be pretty good at that but aye let's find somewhere to camp
Right this is our campsite for the night we've got a road just over there
and then these trees hiding us from the road that's absolutely pouring down and Nala is just up here
That's her new jumper we got as well it's not cold enough for that yet anyway so the
main road's just over there and there's just a wee dirt track down here so aye we're pretty much
hidden you can see us a wee bit down there but we've got this beautiful river just there
we can sit and watch the birds and yeah basically hide from the rain just now I'm gonna do a bit of
work in the van I've got one of these scratching posts for now I'm gonna attach that somewhere and
I've got a space rack as well I'm going to put up anyway it's going to be dark pretty soon so we're
probably just going to call it a night and we'll see you all in the morning so good night