Riding from Belgium to Holland
And today I did a lift-and-shift from Belgium to Holland. I was seriously considering heading down to Caen to see the D-Day beaches and do some of the WW2 museums …
Visiting Lille in France and Tournai in Belgium
Today I started off by visiting Lille, which is in France and just over the border. Why Lille…? I wanted to look at the architecture – and wasn’t disappointed. Lille …
Visiting the city of Ghent
Today I thought I would visit the city of Ghent, which is about 30 minutes away on the bike. A little bit of countryside, a blast down the motorway and …
Visiting Passchendaele Museum & Cemetery
Today I visited the museum at Passchendaele, which was the location for one of the last major battles of WW1 when the allies forced back the German Army – but …
Riding from Bastogne to Flanders
And today was another pleasant day riding through Belgium. I left my campsite at Bastogne on the eastern part of Belgium to head over to the very west of Belgium, …
Visiting Dinat
This morning I rode around the countryside surrounding Bastogne, and then headed over to Dinant, a small town in Belgium’s Walloon Region. It’s on the banks of the Meuse River …
Visiting Bastogne
Another place I’ve always wanted to visit was Bastogne, which is a town located on the far eastern side of Belgium on the border with Luxembourg and the Ardennes forest. …
Riding from Germany to Belgium
Today I rode from Germany to Belgium – and what an exciting day. The quick route according to my satnav was about 120 miles but I decided to do a …
Food Glorious Food
Being on the road, I have a limit on how much food I can carry with me. The right-hand pannier holds my Trangia cooker set and kettle, my mug, knife, …
Time for some TLC…
Time for some TLC on the bike… I did an oil-change while I was in Sweden, having brought an oil filter with me from the UK. All I had to …