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We started off the day with a coffee on the outside patio with Angela. Oli had unfortunately gone to work. Today we were celebrating Angela’s 60th birthday- a few months too late but this is when she had planned her big party. Glenn and I spent the day washing clothes and getting Gus sorted out…
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We left Schonenecken and drove down the mountains to Bernkastel-Kues – a pretty German town on the Moselle River. Despite there being large carparks along the river we couldn’t get in anywhere and continued our drive along the Moselle with all the vineyards on the sides of the hills. We found a quiet shady parking…
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We had a short walk around Floreffe to have a coffee and check out things we had missed. First of all we had to do the recycling. I think someone has had a party down here ! We checked out the old mill and the abbey – it all including the bricks looks very old.…
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We dropped off Gus at the garage to have his brakes fixed and then cycled into the centre of Ypres to check out the town. Ypres was a very important cloth manufacturer from the year 1000 making it a wealthy town. The Cloth Hall from 1200 was constructed as the main market and warehouse. It…
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It was a bit grey when we woke up, with a bit of drizzle – actually nice after the hot days we have had. By the time we went out on our bikes the rain had stopped and the sun was coming out. The first stop was Hill 62 Canadian memorial – a hill held…
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It really cooled down overnight but it warmed up quickly. We got on our bikes to check out some of the major WW1 sites. The bike paths are very good – one on either side of main roads. We found Black Watch Corner – a memorial to the 8960 black watch soldiers who lost their…
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We got up early and left Hove around 8.10am as we had to get to Dover by 11am fit the 12 midday ferry to Dunkirk. We said goodbye to Rob and Kate – and Lisa and Sean who we will see later in Slovenia. We had a good drive and the queue to get through…
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We packed up and got moving early to cross the New Forest to get to historic shipbuilding yard Buckler’s Hard. There was a lot to see in the forest and villages as we went through. There were lots of New Forest ponies including one which looked as if it was sleeping on the road in…
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It was very sunny first thing. It was promising to be a hot day. We had a good breakfast of eggs on toast with a leftover sausage. We needed it for our cycling trip. First we went to the Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. We cycled around checking out the hides there. Glenn told me to…
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We left the campsite and said goodbye to the horses in their stables. The canal swing bridge immediately outside was open so we waited for the barge to go through and then the bridge to swing back. We then went to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge which is a huge centre of wetlands for…