Stage 8 Saturday 27 Sept: Wisques to Delettes (18 km/11.2m )

I’m running out of superlatives… suffice to say we’ve had another fabulous day. We left Wisques (Abbaye Notre-Dame) again this morning but headed in the “right” direction to Delettes, through a few small towns (all without an open cafe/bar). The highlight today was walking through the numerous, towering wind turbines in the area… spectacular.

Route direction ➡️; our direction ➡️
On the drive to Wisques this morning
Abbaye Notre-Dame de Wisques
Heading out
Gary listening to the AFL Grand Final
Over the A26
Into Esquerdes
The River Aa
One of a group of flighty cattle
Church of St Martin
Out of town again…
Lynn hurdled this obstacle with ease
At the foot of a wind turbine
Same photo from a distance
Boys waiting for us for morning tea in Crehem
A local working his veggie patch with his cows supervising
Another obstacle … a wide tractor
Lunch just before we reached Clety
Shadows from a turbine
Into Clety… more beautiful vine
Bottles embedded in the wall (1926)
Saint-Léger Catholic Church, Clety
The main signs we see along the way
Another version. Note, most of our navigation is informed by the Topo GPS that both Hans and I have
In Dohem
Tough ankle twisters underfoot for the last couple of kilometres
Back home, after shopping. Treats from the patisserie… Religieuse au café (Gary) and mini Glands (translation: acorn) for me. Mine was filled with a delicious kirsch flavoured creme patisserie
Around Bomy this evening… that’s our gite behind this little garden
The Bomy Town Hall
War memorial just next to our gite. Note the rooster on top, Google tells us that France’s association with the rooster comes from a play on words: the Latin word gallus means both “Gallic” and “rooster”.
Saint-Vaast Catholic Church, just behind our place
Inside
Our gite, from the outside
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