Aston - 4

We were heading to Germany but first visited Fort Seclin just outside Lille. It was built as part of the city defences it had an entry road that was so bumpy it would have slowed down a tank – basically pave.

Having escaped back over the mile of rumble strips, we cut through the countryside and went under Lille, headed for Mons and the E42 motorway. Oh and roadworks. We passed Charleroi and headed for Liege and onto our normal run into Germany. As we went we were passing a lot of classic VWs who must have been on the way to an event (it turned out to be ‘Le Bug Show’ at the Spa circuit).

I’d intended to ‘open the taps’ on the motorway in Germany as I thought it was de-restricted but in the end most of it was a slow single carriageway runs and more road works. Finally as we got off the main road I was unsure of the rural speed limit so I was overtaken a few times running through the countryside. We arrived at about 3:00 after about 220 miles and almost five hours of very hot driving.