Day visit to Bruges. Went to find the cycling museum but when we found it --in a private house--there was no one at home to open up. Cycled on a bike path beside the main Bruges road and reached the main square by the railway station just in time for a coffee. We left the bikes tethered to a tree and set out walking round the historic buildings. The canals were busy with tourists on guided tours being addressed in many different languages. Lunch was a picnic sitt...

William had a fall yesterday and he and Fleur hired a van to take them to the next camp. William's wrist was crated and found to have a break, so he may be leaving us. The rest of the party cycled the short distance to Jabekke, near Brugge stopping on the way for a coffee or beer at a tavern along the way. Nathan broke a spoke and had to find a bike shop,otherwise no incidents to report. Cycling was easy and alongside canals most of the way. Plenty of flowers eve...

Now in Belgium , in flat Flanders after the many hills in NE France. Coffee stops in towns with cobbled streets and always flowers in boxes and gardens, and no graphiti or litter. campsite at Niewport packed with families--we are in our little CTC ghetto in a corner. Plenty of relics from WWI on the way and yesterday we visited the remains of the huge factory where the VI and V2 rockets were produced and launched in WW2 . It was bombed in 1944 and fortunately put...