On the Road Again!

The house was created during WW1 for soldiers to get away from the front.  I have been twice, and only once with a camera.... In 2006 we went in and I had the camera with me. I have only these two in Flickr. To save the house and to maintain it there is a gofundme page for donations. If you can spare a few quid then go here. Poperinge one of the twin towns with Hythe where I live. The common denominator being Lord Wakefield of Hythe. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142435748/charles-cheers-wakefield https://www.talbothouse.be/en/museum/friends/toc-h

We were up reasonably early to make sure that Reggie was watered both ends and had his breakfast. The special food he has from the vet to try and cure his bad belly is not to this liking. He eventually ate it at about 4pm. The "plan", such as it was, was to head along the coast towards Veurne in Belgium before turning down to Armentières. I set TomTom to avoid motorways and we set off along the back roads before joining the old N1, now designated D940,  near Fort Mardyke. Not all that scenic so far. Ignoring the instructions we headed into Dunkerque and parked near the old harbour. The three of us walked to a caf é  for coffee, dogs allowed inside. On the way we passed a succession of historic ships in the harbour. Tug The former light ship that guarded the sands in the channel. Duchesse Anne The "Duchesse Anne" is a German 3-masted sail-training ship and given to France after WW2 as reparations for war damage, and rescu...