Bonn to Dunkirk – easy ride on the freeway, cold 8c when I left at 1005 and misty, the mist cleared and the sun came out temp went up to 14c, one stop for petrol and the temp went up further to 18c and blue skies. Traffic jams around Brussels and Ghent, went down the emergency lane, after Ghent not much traffic and hardly any trucks, looks like Saturday does not have as many trucks either. Pain in the knuckles of both hands, arrived at 1415.

Dunkirk – the evacuation of over 300,000 troops from France to the UK happened in May/June 1940. If this evacuation had not been successful, that would have been the end of the war and we would all be now speaking German or Japanese hahaha. The town itself was bombed into ruins during the evacuation therefore there are very few old buildings left. There is an excellent museum and a fort.

Dunkirk the Film

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