Yesterday was poingiant from the point of it being valentines day and it also being the first trip out on a road book with the Land Rover Owners Club Belgium.
Long trip for the first outing, the start point was at the parking of the monument of the battle of Waterloo in the French speaking province of Walloon Brabant just to the South of the Belgian capital of Brussels.
The days off roading is a road book, a map if you like, but you need to be familliar with reading Tulip diagrams! We got lost a bunch of times
But we did spot a ton of fantastic scenery on our way round
And this amazing rainbow
The road book totalled over 136kms of green lanes and tracks, disappointed that we didn't get more photo's but we were having so much fun in the rough and windy tracks, some, what appeared to be bomb holes filled with water from the rain earlier in the morning.
We did find time for a pit stop and refuel with very french breads, ham and cheeses
As we trundled through the still very wintery countryside we did stop for a couple of snaps though.
Bumped into a couple of beautifully carved lions at this wonderful stone castle, the bridge is quite a work of art in an industrial sort of way.
On to the end of our journey, the final relay point where we hand in our road books and thank the organisers for a fantastic day out, and in the parking we found some fine examples of the finest vehicles to come out of Solihul's Lode lane factory.
This little gem, a gorgeous little 90 in bright yellow body work topped off with a mohair soft top, must be fab in the summer
Good byes said and then off to set the satnav for home, a whopping 258kms from here
Just because we spent the day driving off road, we didn't have to take it home with us, obligatory stop at a jet wash on the way was called for
Tadaa!!!
I am so happy that Rusty performed flawlessly throughout the day with plenty of center diff lock action required with slippery clays in places, but this is just the beginning of our adventures!
