Belgium 2019
Travelled across to Zeebrugge on the Hull ferry and stayed at the Van Der Valk Hotel Brugge Oostkamp just south of Bruges.
Over the course of the next 3 days we visited...
Bruges centre
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Hooge Crater Museum
Ypres (Leper) (Location) -- (Town Wiki)
The Last Post
The Menin Gate (Menenpoort)
Waterloo
Ghent (Location) -- (Town Wiki)
Over the course of the next 3 days we visited...
Bruges centre
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Hooge Crater Museum
Ypres (Leper) (Location) -- (Town Wiki)
The Last Post
The Menin Gate (Menenpoort)
Waterloo
Ghent (Location) -- (Town Wiki)
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Thursday 04/07/2019
All met at The Barrel Inn to travel to Hull calling off at Blyton Ice Cream cafe along the way.
Onto the ferry for a bite to eat and an overnight stay.
All met at The Barrel Inn to travel to Hull calling off at Blyton Ice Cream cafe along the way.
Onto the ferry for a bite to eat and an overnight stay.
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Friday - 05/07/2019
Disembarked the ferry and made our way to the hotel.
We managed to get our rooms early so dumped our gear and caught a taxi into Bruges town centre for a bevvy then back to the hotel for an evening meal (and a Leffe Brune or two) 🍺
Disembarked the ferry and made our way to the hotel.
We managed to get our rooms early so dumped our gear and caught a taxi into Bruges town centre for a bevvy then back to the hotel for an evening meal (and a Leffe Brune or two) 🍺
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Saturday 06/07/2019
Visited Tyne Cot Cemetery, Hooge Crater Museum, Ypres and the Menin Gate for the Last Post Service.
Visited Tyne Cot Cemetery, Hooge Crater Museum, Ypres and the Menin Gate for the Last Post Service.
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Hooge Crater Museum
Ypres and the Last Post Service
Peking to Paris Rally
Whilst in Ypres, we were lucky enough to fall upon the Peking to Paris car rally.
This rally finished at Paris the following day but the last stop before Paris was Ypres.... the day we were there...
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Sunday 07/07/2019 - Waterloo
Stopped off at Ronse for a coffee on the way down to Waterloo
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Monday 08/07/2019 - Ghent
After visiting Ghent, we set off for the ferry at Zeebrugge for an overnight crossing back to Hull.