This is an absolutely superb site in the high Ardennes forest, very high in fact.
The journey the previous day was through dense fog and deep snow covering the fields as far as the eye could see, the roads themselves were beautifully clear even small side roads even though the snow was way over 3ft deep by the roadside (how come we can’t cope with 2 inches overnight?)
This site is 15 km past Bastogne, a popular spot for the Americans during the 1944 battle of the bulge (I’m still fighting it).
I’ve just come through these high roads and passes in a Volkswagen (admittedly not a Kubelwagen) how the Germans did it and nearly succeeded in the same weather as I had dense fog half light deep snow avoiding the roads and traversing deep, dense Ardennes forest was a high military achievement.
It was bitterly cold when I arrived at 4.15 - just in time to set up camp and make tea, when it was a pleasure to go to bed at 5.30 with a good book as it was pitch black, “advised not have food in wan as vild boars smelling it vill damage ze paintvork ja! “
Just leaving Charleroi - fog all day:
Lunch Stop:
Captain Grover made a friend:
Setting up camp in Ardennes
Pitch black at 5.30pm - time for bed:
Ardennes - off to the loo in a blizzard!
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