Day 8 - Ring to Home, 400 miles
The last day is always a little sad, but I'd somehow managed to plan a superb route, if I say so myself. As with most of Europe, it was scorching - 28 degC expected later.
A day of 4 countries, the first section in Germany was brilliant as I had replanned it last night to remove all the yellow main roads. Our twisty route was smooth, fast and empty. Being a Sunday, nothing was open so no breakfast or even coffee - sad times.
But the roads made up for it - huge fun.
Crossing into country 2, Luxembourg, it continued to be amazing. With only 600,000 inhabitants, Luxembourg feels empty and the roads are meticulously maintained. We flew through it and soon crossed into country 3, Belgium.
Belgian roads are much more like home, lots of bumps and potholes but my route was still giving, as we had empty roads and I somehow fluked the route through the Ardennes, so it was beautiful as well:
It was very hot now - lucky I put suntan lotion on this morning. With the windows down and the aircon blowing at my feet, it was lovely, the stunning landscape flowing by.
We entered country 4, France - more of the same. I must keep this route, it was really superb.
The last 100 miles was the autoroute, to make sure we got to the tunnel on time. The kids were OK but because Le Tunnel had decided to put me in the large carriage (I didn't ask for it) and that seemed to be over-subscribed, I was put on the train after them, so had to wait an extra 30 mins. Must remember not to do that in future...
The last 60 mile slog home was uneventful and I arrived at 8pm.
Map of the route:
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