Tuesday 22nd July - Time to head north

Bonjour again from Frejus!

Since the last blog we have done absolutely sod-all except lay by the pool to top up the tans before we leave the Cote D'Azur tomorrow to head north.

The plan is to be in Belgium on Friday to visit the Leuven brewery - my Mecca!

Leuven is about 20 miles from Brussels so we are looking to be in Brussels by Thursday night, thinking that visiting the brewery on Saturday will be a really crap idea because we have a ferry to catch at 1730hrs.

Tomorrow's goal is to get as far as Dijon which is about 400 miles north and east from Frejus. With breaks I reckon on about 6 hours' driving for this part of the journey so it's unlikely that we'll see too much of the place before hitting the hotel and then pressing on on Thursday for Belgium, the mystical land of Choclit 'n' Beer!

The weather forecast is good so we should be driving in the mid to high 20's and sunny all the way, hit the cruise control and just nudge the steering wheel every so often.

So for the last post from the French Riviera, au revoir...

...but before I go, my brother in law is starting out on a charity bike ride tomorrow from London to Paris in 4 days hard biking so while I have been lording it up these past few days he has undoubtedly been going through a lot of last-minute preparations, and probably shitting bricks too. Good luck to you Flash - see you on the other side! I'm sure you will be okay.

For anyone interested in sponsoring him for this act of selfless madness, the website is http://action.org.uk/~ashleylewis