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Hi , got a couple of appointments in Ypres and Ghent a few days apart so wondering how to spend the time . Been to Brussels, Ostend and Westende so would like something new. Don't mind an hour or so travelling and prefer country or coast to cities. Don't mind cheap camp sites or Aires if Wilding not available. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
 
jacquigem said:
Hi , got a couple of appointments in Ypres and Ghent a few days apart so wondering how to spend the time . Been to Brussels, Ostend and Westende so would like something new. Don't mind an hour or so travelling and prefer country or coast to cities. Don't mind cheap camp sites or Aires if Wilding not available. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
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Check out the ardenne area . Stayed there a few years ago , unfortunately can't find any record of exact spots I stopped at ! One Aire down by the river , less than a mile from town sticks in my head , had a search but can't find it .
Sorry not much help
 
alcam said:
Check out the ardenne area . Stayed there a few years ago , unfortunately can't find any record of exact spots I stopped at ! One Aire down by the river , less than a mile from town sticks in my head , had a search but can't find it .
Sorry not much help
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Yes, I think we were there on the way North, will need to check our records !
 
Just been checking , Montherme was the place we stayed at coming North. Sounds like what you were describling
 
Thanks Wooie , I think the wife has booked us on for our visit. Really like the town and the Menin gate ceremony is usually pretty moving.
 
jacquigem said:
Just been checking , Montherme was the place we stayed at coming North. Sounds like what you were describling
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Think you're probably correct though , on checking it out , didn't have a eureka moment.
Great area to wander in
 
We quite often stay at De Zwerver on the outskirts of Nieuwpoort, it's an easy walk along the canal to the coast at Nieuwpoort-aan-Zee, the site is motorhomes only and all automated, we've never had any problem getting on without booking.
 
jacquigem said:
Hi , got a couple of appointments in Ypres and Ghent a few days apart so wondering how to spend the time . Been to Brussels, Ostend and Westende so would like something new. Don't mind an hour or so travelling and prefer country or coast to cities. Don't mind cheap camp sites or Aires if Wilding not available. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
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If youve got time to kill and are travelling around Zeebrugge, have a look at Knokke Heist.

Its a bit of an upmarket coastal town with some lovely sea front walks that take to an area of salt marshes which is a bird sanctuary.

If you walk that far you are actually in Holland too !

Its a beautiful area and not what you expect for being so close to the port.
 
Haybes is just across the border into France.
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72 hours I think, no services.
 
1807truckman said:
There's a motorhome parking area on Leopold 111 Laan in Ypres close to the Menin Gate and near the canal.
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Thanks Truckman, think i have seen vans parked up there. Missus has got us booked in at a sports club in ypres for the night. She can't remember exactly where so hope it's written down.
 
Victor said:
If youve got time to kill and are travelling around Zeebrugge, have a look at Knokke Heist.

Its a bit of an upmarket coastal town with some lovely sea front walks that take to an area of salt marshes which is a bird sanctuary.

If you walk that far you are actually in Holland too !

Its a beautiful area and not what you expect for being so close to the port.
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Thanks Victor, will probably save for next time as found a few on straight line from ypres to ghent.
 
jacquigem said:
Yes just checked and we are booked on that site for our night in Ypres.
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There used to be a really really good market every saturday on the Grote Markt which is the large paved area outside the In Flanders Fields Museum.

Walk through the gate and down Menenstraat and you can`t miss it, don`t know what`s happened to it since Covid though :unsure:

Quite a few East European food stalls that were " off the scale " so to speak, couldn`t get enough of the spiced chicken and pork jumbo sausage with herbed boiled new potatoes which we took back to the motorhome and reheated.

The Dutch guy on the next pitch came over and asked what we was cooking because he could smell it then went straight to the market and bought some as well 🤣
 
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