Novotel Valenciennes Aerodrome
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Hi everyboy .
During the last 2 years I crossed 34 countries ( Not less :)) )
But I never wrote anything over a blog .
I made a Youtube channel where I've recorded some of the stuffs I do ( I'm a bit like the Jackass team so I walways end up in very not so funny / painful situations .
Here's what is going to await me for the next 6 months .
Our first threesome
... into Belgium today there was a definate change. People speak english for a start. The place has a totaly different feel. Its very nice. The towns are more like back in southern france. They are river towns so have been here a lot longer than the canal towns. The canals through town are narrow but here in tournai they have a one way system with the vhf and some lights. We were all set to go through but i asked ...
Close enough to belgium to smell chocolate
... The current had me pinned. nice of him. We followed that barge through the next few locks before trying to find a place to stop. We rafted to a little boat in what is supposed to be a stopping point but as he was tied to some rotten old timber piles i didnt fancy it for overnight. So we trundled back into the traffic. Lots of traffic but as the canal is huge I no longer get the instant of terror when i see a barge coming. The river is also running in our favour for the first ...
So close ...Just have to talk klaus into it.
we made it to Cambrai. Its only 25 or so km but about 10 locks and we played barge dodgems a lot. the barge drivers were all very helpfull and even called ahead to the other barges to let them know we had bilge keels and where we were. Helpfull. Klaus decided to have a rest after we picked up water in the lock. Rae towed and i fended till we got outside the lock and i ...
Back in France
... went on. Time to head back to the hotel we think. On our way home we saw what looked like a home show so we thought why not see what was going on. We got through the first lot of doors and thought ye we were in, but no. Not having any luck at getting in any further without a ticket we continued home. Today we quite happily left Lille and drove to Le Quesnoy which is where the kiwi soldiers liberated the town during World War 1. The town looked run down and old but ...
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- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking