France/Paris-to-Bruges, Day 9

Well, today we officially crossed the border into Belgium and arrived into Tournai/Doornik (French name/Belgian name) - 60km cycling .... Not that its much of a border these days anyway - there's no machine gun posts and passport inspections etc :-)

I was hoping as we neared this part of the country to visit or cross any part of a famous cycle race 'Paris-Roubaix' aka 'The hell of the north' ... But in reality we've done quite a few km on cobbled farming roads in the last two days so I no longer need to. It takes energy, skill & wits (quiet in the peanut gallery) to ride cobbles

While we were away cycling we heard of a mishap on our accommodation (barge) - not sure of the details yet, but two big windows are broken on the lounge/dining deck, it seems there was a collision with another barge ... All the crew are ok, which was our first thought (beds, booze, food etc second)

Well, time to scrub up, grab a drink and get ready for dinner