A Dylan quote from Romance In Durango, the 1973 live version of which is amongst my all time favourites.
The area I have been for the last couple of days, just ten kilometres or so to the west of Ypres, and north of Poperinge, is a good visit at this time of year. Normally, I’d say it was too flat for me. Indeed, flat it is, but with its attractions, a castle today, and the Trappist brewery, and its history from the Great War, it has provided plenty of interest.
It would make for a good stopover after a late channel crossing for the south of England, as it is less than an hour from Calais.
After a couple of hours out on a circuit around Castle Lovie, I drove to my usual pre-crossing stopover at the National Watersports Centre at Gravelines. Usually there are five or six vans here, but tonight just me. I think the week’s duo of storms have hurried many home, though tonight is calm and mild.
For once, my plans, both short term and long, are not made. I’m heading back to Shap to catch up with family and friends for a couple of weeks at least, with no date yet for hip surgery. There’s a triple birthday celebration in a week or so.
My posts will be less regular, more like weekly, and with photos that will probably be familiar, from those Eastern fells.
Here’s a link to that Dylan track, from Rolling Thunder – I’d recommend watching the Scorsese film also though..
Safe Return Doubtful 
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