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    2012 - Belgium

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    • elclintorE
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      Mind blown.

      Geo

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      • M
        MP
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        We went over to Belgium earlier in the year and I was amazed by the train as well, it's pretty cool for the uninitiated. I guess it cuts down on major delays by avoiding car crashes, might be their reasoning?
        Have a good trip!

        deadendpro; there's bathrooms that you can get to at the end of each carriage, and cars must be turned off for the trip.

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          @Giles:

          @elclintor:

          What? is that a train for vehicles? I've never seen that before.

          Yes.  For some reasons I can't fathom.  It was decided that when they built the tunnel, it would not be for driving through.  You have to drive onto a train and sit like a stuffed parrot for 40 minutes or so.  I am sure there are longer tunnels in the world that one can drive through.  The infrastructure on the Channel Tunnel is immense, mainly because of the bloody trains….

          I thought it was to stop the driving on the wrong side of the road confusion. I often (sometimes) dream about arranging an 'every body all out, now on 3, you go left, I go right, we criss-cross and hey, we're now on the other side of the road'.

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          • S
            Snowy
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            (safe and happy travels, most importantly!!!). Am sure Seul will show you a stellar time.

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              Seul is hiding….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              • Megatron1505M
                Megatron1505
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                Follow the smell of raw bacon.

                Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  I can happily report that I did a few Trippels and some Orval last night.  My starter for dinner was pigs cheek, I knew Seul would approve… :o :o

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  • SeulS
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                    I unfortunately shan't be doing any black witchery, ancient rites or pagan idolatry with the beastly Padmores as I am not under the spell of the moon. I have to work.

                    Also: Orval and pig cheeks? Totally making do for things I don't…

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                    • GilesG
                      Giles
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                      The bloody restaurant had run out of the Trippels I was after, it was Orval or Stella….

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      • SeulS
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                        Tough choice…

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                        • Megatron1505M
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                          Not if you're from the UK, Stella is not even a choice…..ever. I would rather drink just about anything other than Stella.

                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                          • SeulS
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                            Says a man who I'd bet hasn't had Orval before…

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                            • Megatron1505M
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                              Says a man who I would bet has never had "Brewed in the UK, under license" Stella before  :o

                              Basically, I can never recall trying Orvall, so either I haven't, or it didn't make an impression on me at all. UK brewed Stella is basically battery acid, over here it's nick name is "wife beater", as it is the chosen drink of the mono brain celled beings who inhabit our town and city centres. It (along with Carling and Fosters) is the beer choice of the hooligan, the uneducated, and criminally insane. It is piss.

                              Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                              • GilesG
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                                Before I had to stoop so low as Orval…..

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • SeulS
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                                  Damn. Poor taste buds. Massively fruity and aromatic beer followed by the dry dribble scooped from sleeping monks facesknown as Orval…

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Yesterday we went to Ghent for the day.  What a town, we will be back…

                                    Unfortunately it was closed...

                                    Ghents version of a Mall…

                                    Needed a lift-me-up for lunch (10.5 - ouch)..

                                    More fantasticity…

                                    The castle…

                                    Paula with Sara (younger sis) and Johan (her Belgish boyfriend)…

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • seanoconoS
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                                      Wow, G.  Ghent looks awesome.  I haven't been on this forum long, but your travel in the last quarter of 2012 has been really extraordinary.  Congrats.

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                                      • SeulS
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                                        Aaaah Ghent…  😘

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                                        • Finn666F
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                                          Johan looks like a future customer G. (that is if he ain't wearing IH already!?)!…

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                                            Looks great G i love that castle

                                            Cheers,
                                            David

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