Buggered old geezer does France...
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A quiet journey until the last hour, when every Belgian there ever was had decided to come and enjoy the little lanes round Spa in the sun, in their car, on their Moto, on their peddly bike and on their pieds. V busy!
Smart hotel tucked away..
Parking at the back through the....narrow....arch... gate locked at 21 oclock
Parking at the back through the....narrow....arch... gate locked at 21 oclock
You mean it was a welcome....hmmm..could be right now I think of it...
That sharing platter looks a little close to your side of the table
What a fab report to read on a Sunday afternoon !
As ever pictures of my tea....the hotel is associated with a restaurant 2 mins down the street, right in the 'hub' of spa.
My starter was a duo of shrimp croquettes....
Followed by Duck....Cherry had Moules.
Enormous helpings!
Enormous helpings!
The hotel has a quiet 
and serene back garden..
and serene back garden..
And even a statue of Micky in his youth...
A real petrol heads paradise this place, exotic and expensive machinery with both both 2 and 4 wheels. Usual knobs on 2 wheels demonstrating their skills going up the High Street as noisily as possible..
You are going to be as fat as a butcher's dog when you get back
Pah....went past there last week....couldn't see the statue though....someone must have slung it in the Meuse... 
A good breakfast. Not a bad hotel this....room was a bit small, but perfectly adequate...could have spent more and got a bigger one I suppose, not like me to go for the cheap option.....the hotel is in pole position( ) for the town, but the downside is we just aren't used to traffic, being poor retired yokels, so it was noisier than we are used to...but is a lovely place nonetheless.
After an excellent brek, head north towards Europes rectum.
Just one big traffic circulation.....or at least until Eindhoven where a huge prang closed the motorway....luckily for us, the south bound....proper job, helicopter ambo parked on the road, firies busy cutting folk out, grisly...and even more grisly was the horrendous traffic issues as a result....going to take hours to clear.
That's always my big worry when heading for the ferry on busy roads....one big hiccup like that and the jobs fukt.
However, just the normal tailback on our side caused by rubberneckers, once we were past, it was just the normal busy roads into Ijmuiden in plenty of time.Couple of hefty showers which I guess will have caught Doc on the way to Rotterdam...
) for the town, but the downside is we just aren't used to traffic, being poor retired yokels, so it was noisier than we are used to...but is a lovely place nonetheless.After an excellent brek, head north towards Europes rectum.
Just one big traffic circulation.....or at least until Eindhoven where a huge prang closed the motorway....luckily for us, the south bound....proper job, helicopter ambo parked on the road, firies busy cutting folk out, grisly...and even more grisly was the horrendous traffic issues as a result....going to take hours to clear.
That's always my big worry when heading for the ferry on busy roads....one big hiccup like that and the jobs fukt.
However, just the normal tailback on our side caused by rubberneckers, once we were past, it was just the normal busy roads into Ijmuiden in plenty of time.Couple of hefty showers which I guess will have caught Doc on the way to Rotterdam...
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Looks like grand craic in The Volvo 
And in cabin at 1424.
new personal best....
new personal best....
Wasn't to bad Gerard. Waterproofs for last 50 miles but nothing bad.A good breakfast. Not a bad hotel this....room was a bit small, but perfectly adequate...could have spent more and got a bigger one I suppose, not like me to go for the cheap option.....the hotel is in pole position(
After an excellent brek, head north towards Europes rectum.
Just one big traffic circulation.....or at least until Eindhoven where a huge prang closed the motorway....luckily for us, the south bound....proper job, helicopter ambo parked on the road, firies busy cutting folk out, grisly...and even more grisly was the horrendous traffic issues as a result....going to take hours to clear.
That's always my big worry when heading for the ferry on busy roads....one big hiccup like that and the jobs fukt.
However, just the normal tailback on our side caused by rubberneckers, once we were past, it was just the normal busy roads into Ijmuiden in plenty of time.Couple of hefty showers which I guess will have caught Doc on the way to Rotterdam...
And now Jayne is saying s road trip might be nice.
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