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Tickets booked...abit later than planned as the campsite is full on Monday. Tunnel on Friday and arriving at the show on Tuesday for two nights. Will you still be there, Martin?

This means we will have a few more days poodling around beforehand. Looking for ideas...the boat lift looks great, so I'll just need to check whether they do trips on Mondays. Ghent is another on our list . Has anyone stayed on the car park at the Yaachthaven?

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Bike it rose, we did, up past the old ones, left at the junctions and back past the new one.

Nice circular bike ride mostly flat apart from the bits next to the lifts
 
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You are right Jon?It’s completely flat apart from the uphill bits, the tour round in the canal boat was interesting/slow at €16.50 each.

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And a big downhill at the end.
 
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Only one flaw in that plan.... We sold the bikes :) we only have the scooter now.

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We should have been there by now, my press pass gets me in on the 30th. But sadly we can't attend. Gutted, we were so looking forward to it. :(


We got free tickets a few years ago and went to Germany on a little tour culminating in the show, unfortunately the wife got very ill and we had to see a doctor in Germany and then drive straight home. Gutted.

Sometimes things don't go to plan.

So never been myself yet but one day.
 
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There isn’t really a suitable reaction thingy for that Jim, hope things improve for you, if you have money to spend I can give you my bank details and it will be well looked after?

Martin

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So yesterday we managed to get the last couple of places on the historic canal boat trip?

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Past a nice van parked up on the aire,

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Into the lock,

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And then on towards the Hydraulic boat lift that works by balancing the two caissons on rams full of water pressurised to 66bar, the top caisson is then filled with about 30cm more water than the bottom one so they swap places and the gates are opened.

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Behind that gate is the canal?

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As you travel slowly along the old 300 tonne canal (boat maximum weight) you catch glimpses of the new counterbalance 1350 tonne lift which has replaced 4 of the old Hydraulic lifts plus one lock, each caisson of the new lift weighs 8000 tonne with or without a boat in it.

Martin
We didn't bother with the boat trip as we wanted to look at the other lifts and didn't have time.
What did you do to scare all the other vans away. At least 25 vans there both nights we stayed.
 

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So following in Lenny’s wheel tracks we are at Floreffe,

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That Flair getting in on the picture again,

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We had our own personal guided tour of the Abbye church, the choir stalls were carved by one man, 74 stalls took 16 years if I understood correctly,

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And then I was forced to have a abbye beer in the gardens.

Martin
Nice little stop over, we were driving out of the village and then remembered we were going to go up to the Abbey, bu*er.
 
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We didn't bother with the boat trip as we wanted to look at the other lifts and didn't have time.
What did you do to scare all the other vans away. At least 25 vans there both nights we stayed.
Quite a few each night Lenny but gone early doors, only 3 in Floreffe and the old Hobby might have been in when you were here.

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Lined up the services 30 miles from Dusseldorf and 30 minutes to camping opening so must be about time to move.

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Got in early! Parked up - South 6 Row 14 - open for visitors if anyone’s around! :)

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Enjoying the thread, really jealous as cannot be there, work dictates
But 14 years to retirement so see you all there in 2033 save me a nice van for then please.
 
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Got in early! Parked up - South 6 Row 14 - open for visitors if anyone’s around! :)
South 3 row 21 so might see you?

Martin

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Yes, we’ve just discovered that! Popped round but you weren’t in. Probably as well you weren’t in South 4.21 as we just watched someone there reverse into a tree!
 
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Yes, we’ve just discovered that! Popped round but you weren’t in. Probably as well you weren’t in South 4.21 as we just watched someone there reverse into a tree!
You weren’t in either ?
 
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So quick wander around, this is just the car park of course,

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Vario Alkoven

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And interesting shelter but not sure about the solar panels,

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Heading up from Koblenz tomorrow for 4pm, no spoilers please from you early birds ?

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