Calais to Breda

[Bavarianbrit]

That's about it. I have never been stopped in 45 years of to & fro ing from Calais.

 

[Flash G 74]

Hello, I think we all on SD look forward to how you get on with the Holiday ??

 

[BenBhoy]

That's about it. I have never been stopped in 45 years of to & fro ing from Calais.

So you never been asked for your V5 form?

 

[opticron1]

So you never been asked for your V5 form?

I usually carry a copy of the V5 when I'm away on the bike........never been asked for it - if you're using a hire car/van the company should be able to provide a copy or just direct any requests back to them.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

So you never been asked for your V5 form?

Never, I did not even take it with me in case of the theft of car with papers in it.
Nowadays though I run a German reg car but until 2003 I was on UK plates.

 

[BenBhoy]

I usually carry a copy of the V5 when I'm away on the bike........never been asked for it - if you're using a hire car/van the company should be able to provide a copy or just direct any requests back to them.

Yeah I know (now) what form I need, VE103. It's a wheelchair adapted transit basically. We wheel my son in in his wheelchair & then it's anchored down. The website was saying 3 week turnaround. But wife just spoke to motability & they are posting it today! Reckon should be here Friday...we go Monday!!

 

[JockStalk]

Hope you get sorted. Remember insurance and breakdown!
Ghent worth a stop if route takes you past it. Utrecht also a nice city to visit.
South Holland and Belgium well known for their frites, if cold well worth partaking.
Breda itself worth a look. Daesdonk (not sure if that’s spelt right, it’s all double Dutch….) museum - and old windmill, obvs very Dutch. Landgoede Bouvigne also pretty spot if weather ok.
Albert Heijn (light blue colour) is the local supermarket and handy for inexpensive snacks etc if self catering.
Have a good trip

 

[Corvid8x57]

Have a look at Terres et Eaux Nos magasins - superb shop close to Cite Europe & Decathlon

 

[Flash G 74]

Hello, Decathlon would be on my stop, Much more shooting gear than UK stores

 

[BenBhoy]

Have a look at Terres et Eaux Nos magasins - superb shop close to Cite Europe & Decathlon

Ohh they sound decent, thanks will try squeeze one in!

 

[BenBhoy]

Form arrived on Christmas Eve!! Thanks Santa!!

 

[BenBhoy]

Just got home. Big thank you to everyone who contributed. We had absolutely amazing time & plan to return to Netherlands soon. Stopped in Gent one night on the way to break up the driving , which was brilliant place, wish we'd had longer than one night but got to visit Christmas market.

The Dutch people were some of the nicest I've ever met, and we got talking to a German family (my wife is good German speaking) who had a child with similar disabilities to our son, ended up exchanging address & emails etc who invited us to visit them in Koblenz (?)

Great family time.

Thanks again

 

[BenBhoy]

Bonus saw loads of wild red squirrels, first time my kid's seen reds.

 

[opticron1]

Glad you enjoyed your trip, lots of good places to see in the Netherlands, lots of decent people (who tend to speak good English!). Always a laugh going through Belgium as most of the towns have two names - Flemish and French - and sometimes easy to get odd directions!
Koblenz is a decent place to visit and you'll have the whole of the Rhine valley and the Mosel (Moselle in France) valley to play with.

 

[BenBhoy]

There are some nice points about coming home too mind

 

[JockStalk]

Just got home. Big thank you to everyone who contributed. We had absolutely amazing time & plan to return to Netherlands soon. Stopped in Gent one night on the way to break up the driving , which was brilliant place, wish we'd had longer than one night but got to visit Christmas market.

The Dutch people were some of the nicest I've ever met, and we got talking to a German family (my wife is good German speaking) who had a child with similar disabilities to our son, ended up exchanging address & emails etc who invited us to visit them in Koblenz (?)

Great family time.

Thanks again

Sounds like a success- glad it went well

 

[tozzybum]

Glad you had a great time Ben.
Bruges if you go again is beautiful, as others have said Decathlon in Calais and the Citie of Europe shopping centre.
In Belgium the unfortunately named Plopsaland in De panne worth a visit for little ones .De panne has a pedestrian shopping centre well worth a visit .
The Ibis hotel is very reasonable and central to the town . In summer all the bars/restaurants have decking on the beach so you can eat and drink watching the sea .
Atb Iain