19th - The End

Sun 20th June - After another washout day on Saturday spent listening to all the Dutch people supporting their team playing against Japan in the World Cup and a short walk around the campsite, we got ready to move on again. Although it had rained most of the night, it was just about dry when we packed up and left around 9.30am. Another long drive - 248 miles - to Jabbeke in Belgium, Klein Strand campsite (our last stop) mainly in sunshine, arriving around 3.30pm. We were hot and tired, so just had a cup of tea, then a rest, then a shower and off to the restaurant for my birthday dinner. It was very nice, as is the site, only criticism is that it is close to the motorway so somewhat noisy.

Mon 21st June - We did our usual chore morning and then after lunch wandered  in to the town of Jabbeke, about 15 mins walk.

All the shops were shut as it was still lunchtime! Anyway we found the church, bus stop, supermarket and not much else so wandered back again.

Tues 22nd June -  Walked in to town to catch the bus to Bruges, which took about 20mins. We walked our socks off around Bruges, looking at the market, town-hall, lots of churches and old houses. We had a half-hour boat trip which was really quite interesting, under all the little bridges along the canals. Lunch was typical Belgian - waffles, fruit and ice-cream taken out on the street in the sun. It was a beautiful hot sunny day and our wet jackets stayed in our bags all day.  We got back to the site around 4.30 absolutely exhausted, so dinner was only ham salad and then we carried on sitting out in the sun.

Weds 23rd June - A hot sunny day again, when I spent most of my time trying to find a shady spot. This is a very well laid out camp site, pitches have a low hedge around each one and are quite large, so no encroaching on neighbours, but not much in the way of shade. We took the car in to Jabbeke to buy wine etc. rather than drive down in to France as the prices were very similar. There are a lot of English people here either just come off a ferry or like us spending a few days before going home. There was obviously an English football match on today as all the flags were out and much shouting. We learned that England had won, but do not know who they were playing!

Thurs 24th June -  Well folks, that's it for now....time to go home...just the packing up to do today and chat to some of the friends we have made here. Tomorrow is 'ferry day'....the last 7 weeks have gone so quickly, but we have had a wonderful time even with the awful weather.

If anyone wants any more information about anywhere we have stayed, we will try to review all the sites when we are at home, but feel free to email us with any questions.
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