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This morning put the Blue antique plates on Shaggy . Sad to see my Norwegian ones go I-275 was a great plate number. Yesterday I popped the last documents over to the insurance company and they gave me a quote of 46 Euro and asked if I wanted to pay the year it immaturely I asked what was 46 times 12. and was told that its 46 a year not a month!! for those who don't remember my drive from Norway shaggy was losing a lot of coolant and the Radiator blew up two days after reaching Holland I had replaced the radiator and had to replace the Left rear break cylinder and tubes to get it to pass inspection. So this was the first big trip.
so at about eleven with a Thermos of coffee Father and I piled in to Shaggy top down. It was a cool morning with low hanging clouds with a forecast of sun and showers. Within minutes we were in to Belgium passing five very still wind mills. Fluids looked good really happy to have a working temperature gauge first time in years. So I just had to worry about the weather and 77 year old father. Going to Antwerp it started to rain lightly , no problem father put up his hood and just the top of my head was getting wet but we were fine and focused on staying on the correct road. We were taking the highway for having just arrived back from Shetland and Scotland (@#$% Peugeot rental car ) I realized that father was no longer able to read maps in a timely manner. So that how I found myself top down on high way boxed in by Trucks with no shoulders to pull off on do to construction. We got very wet but once past the construction zone we pulled off popped the top up. And we stared to warm up a bit.
On stopping for gas we asked for direction the kid gave us his simple back route which worked fine.
Except we were stuck behind a succession of slow moving lorries and came across our first hill. but we made it to waterloo in the rain peering around for signs for the battle field at mont-Saint-jean just south of waterloo popping through a round bout in second gear I did spy a Austin mg work shop and made a mental note just in case. We went so far down the main street that I started looking for a round about to turn around and search for a turn off we had missed as we whipped around a round about Father read in French the sign for the battle field so we did a loop and we were there!! so with the rain finishing we pulled in to the base of the Lion monument to the right of center of the alliance lines
we got lots of positive comments and I explained to a Scottish gentleman that it was not really a patriotic thing since we are American. We walked around the English line where the Calvary charge and the Republication guards were repelled the sun slowly drying out the land scape. I dropped father off at the car and went up the steps of the lion monument the huge mound of earth that it stands on was taken from the battle field changing it, wellington was furious that they altered his carefully chosen battle field . From the top the battle field was very clear the French lines and the dip in the fields that the French had to cross.
With the sun out I checked the fluids radiator was down a little but not much after 2 hours of driving and oil was mid way. I put the top down and I asked father if maybe we should see the French side and this time he said yes so I pulled out of the the visitor center (and brew pub) and took the right down past La Haye Sainte and went full blast past La Belle Alliance. We pulled a U just past napoleons head quarters at Rossomme. The drive home was spectacular the sun was out, tough traffic by Antwerp but a good run got up to 60 mph for a bit. I think I finally have a Spridget sorted and can start living the adventure. Maybe some day drive to Scotland.
so at about eleven with a Thermos of coffee Father and I piled in to Shaggy top down. It was a cool morning with low hanging clouds with a forecast of sun and showers. Within minutes we were in to Belgium passing five very still wind mills. Fluids looked good really happy to have a working temperature gauge first time in years. So I just had to worry about the weather and 77 year old father. Going to Antwerp it started to rain lightly , no problem father put up his hood and just the top of my head was getting wet but we were fine and focused on staying on the correct road. We were taking the highway for having just arrived back from Shetland and Scotland (@#$% Peugeot rental car ) I realized that father was no longer able to read maps in a timely manner. So that how I found myself top down on high way boxed in by Trucks with no shoulders to pull off on do to construction. We got very wet but once past the construction zone we pulled off popped the top up. And we stared to warm up a bit.
On stopping for gas we asked for direction the kid gave us his simple back route which worked fine.
Except we were stuck behind a succession of slow moving lorries and came across our first hill. but we made it to waterloo in the rain peering around for signs for the battle field at mont-Saint-jean just south of waterloo popping through a round bout in second gear I did spy a Austin mg work shop and made a mental note just in case. We went so far down the main street that I started looking for a round about to turn around and search for a turn off we had missed as we whipped around a round about Father read in French the sign for the battle field so we did a loop and we were there!! so with the rain finishing we pulled in to the base of the Lion monument to the right of center of the alliance lines
we got lots of positive comments and I explained to a Scottish gentleman that it was not really a patriotic thing since we are American. We walked around the English line where the Calvary charge and the Republication guards were repelled the sun slowly drying out the land scape. I dropped father off at the car and went up the steps of the lion monument the huge mound of earth that it stands on was taken from the battle field changing it, wellington was furious that they altered his carefully chosen battle field . From the top the battle field was very clear the French lines and the dip in the fields that the French had to cross.
With the sun out I checked the fluids radiator was down a little but not much after 2 hours of driving and oil was mid way. I put the top down and I asked father if maybe we should see the French side and this time he said yes so I pulled out of the the visitor center (and brew pub) and took the right down past La Haye Sainte and went full blast past La Belle Alliance. We pulled a U just past napoleons head quarters at Rossomme. The drive home was spectacular the sun was out, tough traffic by Antwerp but a good run got up to 60 mph for a bit. I think I finally have a Spridget sorted and can start living the adventure. Maybe some day drive to Scotland.
