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Notebook – Europe Cycling Trip 2017

Days 19, 20 & 22 – Barvaux sur Oerthe, Han sur Lesse, Bastogne
31 Oct 2017

Days 19, 20 & 22 – Barvaux sur Oerthe, Han sur Lesse, Bastogne

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Strangely, my journal is missing a day 🙂 There is no Day 21!!   Day 19 – Barvaux sur Oerthe to Han sur Lesse (via Rochefort) out of the campsite at 8am, a new record for an early start good … Continued

Barvaux sur Oerthe, Bastogne, Belgium, Han sur Lesse
Days 16, 17, 18 – Liege & Durbuy
30 Oct 2017

Days 16, 17, 18 – Liege & Durbuy

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Day 16 – Brussels to Liege – 120km cycling Hell day. Seemed to go on for ever. I don’t think I will ever attempt to do this distance on a cycle laden with gear ever again!! Had a small breakage … Continued

Belgium, Durbuy, Liege
Days 13, 14, & 15 – Brussels
7 Sep 2017

Days 13, 14, & 15 – Brussels

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Day 13 – Brussels Got chatting to an Australian guy at the campsite who was also cycling around Belgium – had been in France and heading for Antwerp, and helped me with some running repairs on my bike (he was … Continued

Battle of Waterloo, Brussels, Waterloo
Days 10, 11, 12 – Ghent & Brussels
31 Aug 2017

Days 10, 11, 12 – Ghent & Brussels

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Day 10 Ghent Went to the Begijnhof, of which there are more than one. I love the serenity of these places! Also went to the MIAT design museum. Had to deal with a very officious woman at the entry, but … Continued

Belgium, Brussels, cycling, Ghent
Days 7, 8 & 9 – Messines, and Ypres to Ghent
30 Aug 2017

Days 7, 8 & 9 – Messines, and Ypres to Ghent

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Day 7 – Messines, and a place I went to mistakenly (59 km cycling) Spent the morning essentially getting lost. Had been meaning to go to Mesen (Messines) to see the Irish and New Zealand war memorials. Embarrasingly went to … Continued

Belgium, Ghent, Messines, WW1
Days 5 & 6 – Bruges to Ypres
20 Aug 2017

Days 5 & 6 – Bruges to Ypres

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Day 5 Bruges to Ypres Great gig last night, really enjoyed it. CW Stoneking is amazing – for about the first hour I thought he was American, from the Southern States. Born & raised in Australia! But he does have … Continued

Day 3 & 4 – Bruges
19 Aug 2017

Day 3 & 4 – Bruges

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  Day 3 – Bruges The young Dutch women who ‘guided’ me from Dover to the first half hour of Europe turned up last night. I knew they would! Just had that feeling that I’d see them again. I had … Continued

beer, Belgium, Bruges, CW Stoneking
Day 1 & 2 – Swanley -> Dunkirk -> Bruges
15 Aug 2017

Day 1 & 2 – Swanley -> Dunkirk -> Bruges

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Day 1 – Swanley to Dunkirk, Dunkirk to Bruges (79km cycling) Early start leaving from Swanley, which is where I have been house-sitting for a friend. It is right on the inside edge of the M25, London’s outer limit. A … Continued

Begijnhof, Belgium, Bruges, cycling, Europe
Hemingway Borough Market Sandown Park Vincent van Gogh National Maritime Museum Christchurch Czech Republic Robert Falcon Scott Basque country Villa San Giovanni London riots Mt Vesuvius Hiking Henry Miller Petanque Samba Charles Bridge Strait of Messina Reinhard Heydrich varanasi Quadrophenia Thor Heyerdahl Athens O2 Arena Clichy Sacre Coeur Cutty Sark Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Nazis Vesuvius New Zealand Paris London Montmartre Berlin The Fram Scylla and Charybdis beer Monmouth Coffee Norway Pompeii Taormina VW India Anais Nin Enrique Iglesias San Sebastian Triumph of the Will Vikings Brighton New Years Eve Nuremburg Peter Andre The Who Spain Bruges Croatia Belgium France Julio Iglesias Nuremburg Trials Socrates Oslo Southwark Cathedral fireworks Orloj Mojito HHhH sailing Henry Moore Prague Greenwich Volkwagen WW1 Cuba Sicily Naples Kornati Islands East-End Ghent Germany Chrisp St Market Greece Roald Amundsen Marseille Filopappou Salsa Samuel Pepys Italy Viewmaster Brussels Canary Wharf Notre Dame cycling La Bodeguita card-players Herculaneum earthquake John Harrison Longitude

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