Going Dutch

Welcome to Venlo. Not far from Eindhoven, nearer to Germany. It's somewhere in Holland, near the red line on a map which separates NL from D - or Netherland from Germany.

I did lose it on the map before. Found it under a piece of crisp.

Sneeze too hard and you end up in Dusseldorf.

Here lies our base for the next seven days, while Albion prepare for the Premier League campaign.

The players arrived in nearby Tegelen today and start training tomorrow so there isn't much to report so far - although Sam (my photographer) and I did find a clog shop in the town centre. Only in Holland.

Our hotel? Put it this way, I'm sure I saw John Cleese working behind the reception...

Me? I'm off for a Waldorf Salad.