‘M off - Eifel, Luxembourg and Belgium

[Wapping]

Not far along the road, it was a stop at the cafe I used on the way down, along with picking up lunch at the bakery next door:



And then, a pause at the Canadian WW1 memorial at Dury. Like the cemetery above, it’s a nicely presented and tended site, which has simple brass inserts with directional arrows to the towns linked with the Canadian army’s struggles:









Then onwards, through the little villages and towns, where Olympic fever is starting to appear:



And, at last to my hotel.

 

[wessie]

And these unusual ones, which I couldn’t work out:

some are obvious names like Walter Berger, unbekannt means unknown

I am wondering if they are mass graves where whole bodies were not found - men known to be missing, ID dog tags found and unidentifiable body parts.

 

[wessie]

it is mildly annoying that boulangeries actually close at lunchtime!

 

[Wapping]

it is mildly annoying that boulangeries actually close at lunchtime!

It’s the law!

 

[Wapping]

some are obvious names like Walter Berger, unbekannt means unknown

I am wondering if they are mass graves where whole bodies were not found - men known to be missing, ID dog tags found and unidentifiable body parts.

I think you are right, Wessie. I had much the same thought, as I was posting.

It makes sense from the information boards.

 

[EVskiy]

It’s the law!

What law is that then?

 

[dr nosh]

French employment hours law perhaps.

 

[dr nosh]

Wapping.

Thank you for your pictures of racing Ariels. My 2nd favourite bike, after BMW of course.

Pits pictures 4, 5, 10.

 

[Redboots]

it is mildly annoying that boulangeries actually close at lunchtime!

Lunch begins at 12 noon so you have time buy bread before they have their lunch.

 

[ChasMill]

What law is that then?

The same law that requires all French towns to have at least one (preferably more) florist, optician, coiffure and a car wash (all closed / at lunch).

 

[EVskiy]

The same law that requires all French towns to have at least one (preferably more) florist, optician, coiffure and a car wash (all closed / at lunch).

Interesting.

 

[Wapping]

The same law that requires all French towns to have at least one (preferably more) florist, optician, coiffure and a car wash (all closed / at lunch).

And chemist’s.

 

[wessie]

And chemist’s.

does the chemist also sell apple's and carrot's?

 

[Wapping]

does the chemist also sell apple's and carrot's?

The shop premises from where the chemist plies his or her trade.

chemist’s

a shop where you can buy medicine, soap, etc.

dictionary.cambridge.org

 

[snelly]

The same law that requires all French towns to have at least one (preferably more) florist, optician, coiffure and a car wash (all closed / at lunch).

They are also required by law to so many places for tramps to stay as i found out to my surprise one late afternoon;;

 

[Borowno]

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Great pics, thank you.

 

[G&T]

One day...just one day I’m going to get Sally to hold a brolly over me in a paddock fantasy.

 

[Wapping]

Day 13….

A hopefully simple run back to the Chunnel and home:

PS I have my motorway blipper thing.

 

[Wapping]

The end….

All done. 1,702 miles, door-to-door, of which only about 180 was motorways, the bulk of which was the M25 / M20.

The M20 is going from bad to worse; a disgrace for one of the UK’s supposedly premier routes.

 

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We’ve just stocked up on bread, cheese, onions, bacon and some random processed floor scrapings described as jambon. The joys of having an apartment in Namur