We are off to Europe!!! The start of our European tour.

 25th September 2023

We left home and headed to the New Dover Road Park and Ride in Canterbury, this is a perfect place to stop to explore Canterbury or as a stopover before/after your channel crossing. It cost £4 for 24 hours (Midnight to Midnight) so an overnight stop is £8. There is a water filling point and also grey/black waste emptying and bins. 

We caught the free bus into Canterbury city centre and spent the afternoon exploring some of the sites. This is a very picturesque place with lots of history and shops to visit. 

26th September 

We left the Park and Ride at 5.30am to head to the tunnel for our crossing. Once at the Eurotunnel it is a very simple process to get checked in and then you have to wait to be called. Once you are called you proceed through passport control and customs, which is very straight forward, and the only check is usually to make sure your gas is turned off.

We boarded an earlier crossing but there was some slight delays which meant we left about 15 mins late, but this does not really matter as the crossing is only 35 minutes long and we only had about 1.5 hours to travel to Bruges on the other side. 

Once landed we headed for the stunning city of Bruges in Begium, to an aire that is about a 10minute walk into the city. This was easy to find and when we arrived it was a very nicely presented facility with quite a few spaces available. All parking spots have electric and there is the usual motorhome facilities available to use. It was €30 a night, but this is reduced on the 1st October to €25 so we just missed out!!

We headed out for a walk into town and it was very easy to find the way to where the shops and restaurants were.