Hotel Les Paturelles
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Close enough to belgium to smell chocolate
Charts would have been nice today.. Knowing what vhf channel the locks use would be an advantage. As it was when we arrived at the l escaut river there was three enormous barges waiting to pass the lock. we tied up astern of one to wait our turn. The barge driver came over and asked if we were going through. When i said yes, he said no worries, go through with the next boat. He called the tower and we cast off to go through. The dude even threw me some prop wash to help me get off ...
So close ...Just have to talk klaus into it.
... work fault finding. Turned out to be a loose terminal on the start battery. I Was releived to say the least. i had visions of new starter motors etc. and of poor rae having to tow the boat to the next town.....I would have to be at the helm of course. Cambrai is a nice town with a great little harbour for boats like us. well the 20-30m versions. We are tied up to one ...
Nomadentent
Het is zover samen met Elma de laatste dag samen naar Couvin gefietst. Daar werden we opgehaald door mijn lieve tante. Lekker drie nachtjes daar in noord Frankrijk gebleven. Eindelijk ook gezien hoe mijn tante woont. Heerlijk om daar even te zijn. Heb daar in een hele mooie zelf gemaakte tent mogen slapen. :) merci Betsie & ...
Scourmont Monastery
... interior was minimalistic, although the exterior was more appealing. Some of the monastic buildings were very modern in style resembling a 1970's school. The older buildings were from the 1800s.
It felt a bit odd to be whipping the camera out and so there aren't many photos. And none of the monks. Not even the one that looked a bit like a benevolent father christmas.
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A fete, we've struck a fete!
... it was way too early for the glitz and glamour of the whurlitzer and the spinning teacups. We couldn't see much of the fortifications either.
The church was large and formidable with big grey stone blocks; inside there were painted walls and some of the columns still had blue and gold painted stripes too.
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