DAY 1

Well I have finally worked out how to log in to blogger... it's not easy when everything is in German!

Here is our account of our first day with a few photos to wet your appetite...

Monday 18th May 2009

Three countries, 260 miles, a 2 hour ferry crossing and 5 tired Savages!! We set off bright and early at 6am and arrived at the ferry port with just enough time to do a loo stop and no hanging around before being loaded onto the ferry. The crossing was uneventful… time enough to grab some lunch and for Alex to practice his French in the play area!! On to the continent and a 2 ½ hour drive to our first stop. There were only a couple of sites to choose from on the path we wanted to take and both were urban campsites… I didn’t tell Dave this in advance!. It was very strange driving through a large Belgium town centre (Mons) to turn right off the ring road only to arrive at a wooded campsite which could have been in the middle of a forest for all we knew! Ok there was a little bit of road noise. We were greeted by a red squirrel, a tree creeper and some ducks as we looked around the site (the site next to a public pond and garden area). We set up in an hour and then made our way into Mons for a look around and to buy some food for tea. The most interesting shop the boys found was one that sold air guns and knives. After dinner Dave put he boys to bed whilst I chatted with some other Brits who are experienced campers and gave us some info on good campsites and good places to visit. There is nothing like insider info! We were in bed by 10pm which was just as well as we had a bit of a restless night including a visit from a friendly mosquito who obviously found one of us very tasty as he was full of blood when we splatted him…nice!