Are we coming home sooner than planned

 Prague, Czech Republic

With heavy hearts we waved of teams not knowing if we would make it to Prague. Desperate for 1. Cheap beer and 2. Fantastic architecture and photo opportunities for me.

We jumped Olly and headed to find a Garage and supermarket. Both found in the same location. Best German put into practice and new quick Battery in. £90 of holiday money spent. We're off again. Faulty wire disconnected and engine ticking over nicely. Supplies stocked up, Netto of all places. It's saving grace was an amazing bakery and Craig's eyes popped out of his head. Very healthy breakfast to see us on our way to Prague.

60 miles in all good we stopped to lift the bonnet for a quick check. Disaster, smoke coming out of new battery! Craig dives for his tools and is into action. After much face pulling in his concentration pose and picking with his electric prong things diagnosis is alternator! Alternator disconnected and Olly limped to a garage. Craig was furious he had already replaced it only 8 months previously. Luckily the garage was not too far away. Typically it's a Bosh garage = not cheap. Cost to replace £230. Total £330 in one day. We decided to take the risk or it was game over for Team Newlywed. We didn't even know the name of the town we were in, turns out it's Aschersleben. The part can't be fixed before 12.00 tomorrow so no cheap Beers in Prague for us, we're stuck in Germany!

In a hotel where not many staff speak any  English is a challenge. Huge family room for Team Newlywed at £80 b&b. Missing the tent though! All our stuff is in Olly who is all alone and locked at the garage. We however are in The City Hotel in a very sleepy town which doesn't seem to have seen many tourists and Brits. Not at all cosmopolitan. A land that time forgot. After a walk around town my summary is some nice buildings, generally unfriendly locals and judging by our lunch working our way round a German Menu is a total nightmare. With 3 options to choose from we had all 3. As Nik so eloquently called it number 1 was cat sick, 2 was sloppy veg and stale bread and 3 was the best of a bad bunch, a take on Bruschetta. We headed to Netto to stock up, unsure of our dinner choices.

One good thing was a decent shower and a bed but we still all agreed that we missed Olly and our blow up beds. It was a very somber day, not sure if we were out of the Windy for good. Contingency plans started to be formed with Katy planning an escape if needed and Ed looking into how we could get our stuff home.

We went to bed trying to be positive but all praying Olly would be ok. She means a lot to us all.

Destination now.....................