Waterloo and Richebourg 26 Oct 15

Further into Belgium to a place I've wanted to visit for ages - Waterloo. Eventually we found the parking and eagerly set off to explore the museum, which was very much geared up towards Napoleon's story and very little about the allies that kicked his butt! Likewise, whatever possessed the Dutch to build a massive great grass boil on the battlefield to completely ruin the scenery and disrupt the lie of the battlefield. I know that there are few hills in Holland but they could have built their false ones in a more suitable place!!!

We then set off to Hougoumont farm which really is a very worthwhile place to visit. The restoration and audio visual displays are second to none and really set the scene to describe this important aspect of the battle.

After a jolly time we set off across the border into France and a funny little aire miles from anywhere in Richebourg, a small town that was bang smack on the front line in the first world war, where we enjoyed a couple of sundowners with some other touring Brits.