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
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
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
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
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
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 – 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
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