Travelogues Hauts-de-France

We did it! For almost an entire day, we maneuvered our way through Dutch and Belgian highways. With lots of stops and little go, going from one traffic jam to the next...

Thursday afternoon on the Côte d'Opale west of Calais. We look contentedly at the sunlit sea. Côte d'Opale Côte d'Opale! It promises turquoise waters, azure seas, and...

Departure!

Mileage: 157689 We continued westward, passing a large shipyard, a steel mill from Dillinger France, and the start of the Eurotunnel. Ini

Odometer: 157620 We started our day, as planned, with a breakfast out. Today's leg would take us to Fran

Mileage: unchanged As planned yesterday, we packed our backpack in the morning and headed east on foot. We followed the waterline, which

Here we go, the time has come. The Mega-Atlantic Tour can begin: 66 days at home in the robber's cave, nine weeks following our noses on an exploration trip. The months of July...

A place of historical significance

Who made the weather?

I have to say, today was really one of the most relaxing days of my cycling trip. Although by the end I had clocked over 90 kilome

On Ascension in the city on the Somme

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There are several beautiful cities in France, but it is obvious that many of you have not yet heard of the capital of Flanders, Lille. In fact, that's a good thing, because who...

Been quiet on the blogging front, mostly because we don’t have much to report. We stayed at the Rhone camp until Wednesday morning, when we travelled to Lac D’Orient. Our days...

The title says it all - in the French movie 'Welcome to the cht'is', the postmaster is transferred from the Cote d'azur to the north and ends up in a small town in the Hautes...

Le Touquet

1.6.2022 Today I pass by some seaside resorts again. The first coffee stop after about 20km is in Cabourg. There are some large older hotels there. Two racehorses with their...

The night was wet, not only outside...we had our third water damage, but not from our sink, but from our dog...! He had an accident because he apparently consumed too much...

Completely exhausted from the mass (we hadn't walked 12,000 steps in one day for a long time!) we set off for Calais early on Sunday. Brief stop at a rest area in Belgium to put...

Les Voisines du Mr. Sax was our hotel - right in the center of Dinant and very convenient: bikes were stored downstairs in the living room, rooms upstairs. Our accommodation in...

We spent the night in the rectory in a comfortable bed - thank you very much! The rectory, behind it the church In Tergnier itself, there was nothing going on in the evening -...

This morning, for the first time on this tour, it was overcast and cool. So put on another jacket and one more during the first breakfast break... The duck club - part 1 Part...

Sometimes it's funny when you return to where the journey really began last year! We were back at 'Camping Casino' in Oye Plage, where we spent a few days last August and had a...

Who said there's always a fresh breeze by the sea??? Well, okay - the English Channel is probably not considered one of the recognized world seas. Today, I almost withered away...

We start the day early and leave the yard at half past 7 in the morning. The drive to Dover is quick, but there is traffic before the immigration controls at the entrance to the...

The excitement and anticipation are growing, because in a few hours we will once again board my Mum and Frank's camper and explore the world. Thank you so much for that... Our...

After getting breakfast at the corner bakery, we looked at the city. Since we only had tickets for the next day, we had more than enough time. After unsuccessfully trying to...

Today was a travel day, 373 km through the Netherlands, Belgium with a stop in Ypres until Saint Omer, east of Calais

Finally, I have arrived at the Atlantic - it was a wonderful feeling to run towards it barefoot on the wide beach today. The air here is fresh, cooler, very salty, and it storms...

Last Thursday, our ferry departed from Sweden/Trelleborg to Germany/Travemünde, where we arrived on Friday around 0.30 am. One week later, we are now (again) in northern France!...