On the road again

We had another long weekend this weekend, I had been planning to go camping down at the beach in Cornwall but looking at the weather forecast we knew it would be miserable and cold. Sal had decided to stay back in London with her family and Oli and I were going camping, but with the bad weather looming we checked the net, got a very cheap £49 ticket on the car ferry and sped off at 3.15am on Saturday morning. We started heading to Dover with Belgium in our sights. We covered 716 miles in total. First stop was the ferry port in Dunkirk - France, then we shot up the freeway headed for Antwerp- lots of beer, waffle's and chocolate. We set up camp at the city camp site just across the water from the old town, we did a little sight seeing (I had already been before) and managed to wile the time away until our favourite beer hole, the Kulminator, had opened. Yummy aged beers! And then spent the rest of the night drinking 20 year old beers.
I woke up at about 5.30am needing lots of water and couldn't get back to sleep, the sun was out and we didn't want to waste the day so we packed up the car and off we went to Amsterdam - Netherlands! We were there by 9am as it was only a 1hr drive. We hung out there till after lunch, looked at some markets and then off we went back to Gent - Belgium, where we made camp at a really nice ground inside a huge sporting complex about 2kms out of town. We spent the next day sight seeing in the rainy weather in Gent and Brugge and then headed back on the ferry home. We had the best time ever! I cant wait till the next road trip. It's so easy to get around Europe in the car and so quick.
5am Saturday morning waiting for the car ferry in Dover
The main square in Antwerp, there was some protest going on
The view from the camp site across to Antwerp
A cool castle in Antwerp by the river
Lac by the river, Antwerp has one of the largest shipping ports in Europe
Looking from the square across to the Cathedral, you can see the spire from anywhere so you never get lost. The Gothic style is amazing
Drinking beers from our Birth Day 1981 and 1982 in the best bar for beer in the world, The KulminatorThe beautiful canals in Amsterdam, still one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, 3 times now!Us, parked outside of the Grasshopper, we were so early it was a ghost town still at 9amSetting up camp in Gent, really nice camp groundsWe didn't get enough time to explore Gent and the canals, the weather on Monday was overcast and raining. Next time! The view from the watch tower over the city in Gent