Thanks for all your replies - very encouraging. We're waiting for the maps to arrive at present so haven't done any real route planning yet.
Our daughter's gone to Padderborn in Germany and the most direct route (on the atlas!) looked to be through Holland.
We've done some flying in France but the rest of Europe is
unexplored territory as far as we are concerned. Its really exciting travelling to new countries but also a bit daunting at times, especially when faced with different airspace regulations in a foreign language! Bottlang does help a great deal but we are still waiting for it to arrive.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to a good route? (We shall need to refuel once on the way.)