A very long day

11 days after leaving England our gas supplies were running low, but we had taken comfort from internet research assuring us gas exchange was common at most petrol stations across the Czech Republic and that International Campingaz, our chosen fuel, was widely available across Europe. Several petrol stations later we began to have serious doubts. Gas cylinders were indeed exchanged, just not our type. Then one place we got lucky, an English speaking lady was behind us during our linguistic/gesturing attempts to convey our plight and she informed us that the sales assistants were telling us they have never seen campingaz in this country – try Germany! Despite feeling a bit of a step backwards, as our destination for the day was only a few dozen kms from the border we decided this might not be a bad suggestion, of course what we hadn’t reckoned on was the "ferein tag" or bank holiday im Deutschland. This we discovered after several more frustrating hours finding everywhere closed. At dusk came an inspiration and we eventually found a campsite just outside Passau that had gas – hurray! Too late to return to Czech we spent the night back among giant motorhomes, with their satellite dishes and automatic awning and re-crossed the border the next morning.