Cloudy with occasional showers, (gee how unusual) 15-21 deg, 0km, 0km/h, tot. 1380km. We would certainly prefer fine sunny days but not the case again today. At least the rain stayed away till after lunch; by then we had seen lots of Ghent. Not having been ravaged by war, there's lots and lots of really old stuff in Ghent. Many buildings date back to the 14th century and some as old as the 1100s. The oldest is now a restaurant on the canal, see photo. The Cloth G...

Cloudy with misty drizzle all the way, (the drizzle was so light that we only put our raincoats on the last 20km to keep the dampness out) 13-16deg, 89km, av. 18.9km/h, tot. 1380km. It is hard to believe that none of the buildings in Ypres are more than 100 years old. The whole place was flattened during 1914-18 and then rebuilt in the ensuing years; they did a great job. It's a very nice place. The last word on WW1; there were an estimated 37 million deaths, mil...

Rain or drizzle all day, 13-18deg, 40km, av. 14km/hr, tot. 1291km. Awoke to the pitter patter of rain on the windows, but seeing we've got a stopover it doesn't matter. Time to just lounge around in bed and wait for a 8am breakfast. We are staying in our first B&B, an old converted three story mansion about 800m from the city centre. It's decked out beautifully, no expense spared, and our room is quite large. No soccer hooligan in this neighbourhood. Peter, w...