Sal, Mick and Ann made their way to mainland Europe by boat from Hull in England, to Rotterdam in Holland, incidently the biggest port city in the world (it really is massive). Prior to leaving England, we hired a right-hand drive car, as we rationalised that it would be less confusing than driving the left-handed equivalent. Upon disembarking from the ship, it soon became apparent that driving on the right-hand side of the road was a very, very strange experience, certainly one only to be undertaken by the confident driver. We made our way passed several million windmills before arriving in Amsterdam, a wonderful city of about 500,000 people. With Ann having served the entirety of her driving suspension earned in Scotland, we threw the keys to her and hoped for the best. Ann’s apparent mantra
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