Ostend

I`ve never been to Ostend before and was unsure what to expect.

I fact it is a typical British seaside type resort with all the bucket and spade and tourist shops you would expect to see.

The weather has turned cool and very windy today so a walk along the road was rather brief.

There looks to be a good tram system running along the promenade so we will try and get to see some of the other resorts along the coast.

Apart from that there`s not a lot to report, we`ve been on electric hook up so no power problems.

Tonight we are on Camping Astrid (GPS 51.24997 2.96857) It`s not really my type of site as it is huge, but importantly it has electric hook up so that`s enough to get a vote from us given our battery problems.
I think I have learnt on this trip that I definetely don`t like the large sites, but to some extent our hands have been tied rather due to us needing electric hook up firstly for the fridge and then this week because of the failed leisure battery.
Next time I will make sure we have the flexibility not to need to use the big sites which are a bit soulless. 

We have just been watching the RAF fly past at Buckingham Palace, quite impressive, I`d love to have seen it live.

The bars in town today were busy with supporters getting ready for tonight`s match against their old enemy France.

Tomorrow we`ll see what the weather does, the forecast is better but if it looks like another cold windy day we may bring forward the return crossing.
We`re getting a bit home sick now, I think we`re ready to get back to normality.
Today has been a bit flat, just marking time and we`re not especially impressed with the region, probably because we have been spoilt with all the other wonderful places we`ve been to.