Belgium

The boarder post

Days 39-41
Day 39 12/8/2016
I made Belgium at about 1130 hrs after 14 km riding and saw no border checks on either side, the French side had 4 police officers 1km into France, standing around smoking and talking, not paying attention to the cars passing them in France. It made me wonder why I had heard on the radio that armed French police were being lifted by helicopters onto cross channel ferries in case of terrorists from England but anyone could drive into France from Belgium.I stopped in De Panne to buy a map then found a campsite and washed my clothes again as it was a scorching hot day and they would dry by dark.Cycled 28 km today. Now I’m out of France I should be able to get that French song out of my head, the one that goes “ matches, box of matches, matches, box of matches, “, I have been known to get lyrics wrong before.
Day 40
I cycled further then I expected today as I had a problem finding a campsite, sites 1, 2, and 3, no dogs, site 4 no tents, sites 5, 6, and 7, full, site 8 expensive, but I was tired so I stopped, as it was a built up area near De Haan. I am going to have to slow down as I’ve covered half of Belgium’s coastline in 1 day having cycled 54 km today.
Day 41
I planned a short day today or I would pass through Belgium to fast, but the 1st 3 campsites were full and ended up near Knokke near the Dutch border after 36 km.