Discovered by chance in 2006, Hector did not miss a year of the Wolf Strassenfest until 2018. Having booked colleagues on attractively priced flights from Prestwick to Hahn, remember when Prestwick had flights to Deutschland, there was no room at the Inn. We eventually found alternative accommodation in Traben-Trarbach and sailed up to Wolf early on the Saturday. Fun was had by all.
Book early, there is hardly a bed left anywhere in the Mosel valley during the weekend which is centred on the third Sunday in September.
In following years we used the Tractor to travel the short hop around the Mosel bend. Steve appeared to prefer to walk, well he kept missing the Tractor. Clive and Maggie managed to miss the event and went boating on an English canal in 2010, a mistake they never made again. Slipping on chips, phoning the person standing right beside you because you cannot see any of – The Company, and drinking some wine, all part of life’s rich tapestry.
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Jonathan realised that this was an excellent stopping off point in his long journey to the Oktoberfest. Why, even Dr Stan has joined the fold and become a regular.
