Event - International Trip to Brussels - 20th to 23rd September 2018

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The International trip in 2018 was to Brussels, Waterloo and Ghent. It was tinged with sadness at the start because our Chairman Barry was delayed because he went to Sue Strutt’s funeral on the Friday.

Twelve of us went on the Thursday morning on Eurostar from St Pancras to Brussels where we met up with Greg Fanning, who was already in Brussels for his work. The organiser, Rex Smith, had cunningly broken up the trip into bite sized pieces so that a different person organised a series of events from the Thursday evening until the Sunday morning. Well done everyone.

It was however a weekend of losses. Peter Davies left his passport on the Eurostar managing to get it back just before the train left. Greg Fanning had hi phone pick-pocketed and Alan short his wallet.

The highlights of the trip were the visit to Waterloo, a short bus journey from Brussels for a visit to the battlefield and the famous Château d'Hougoumont where much of the fighting took place. This included the closing of the gates, which was said by the Duke of Wellington to have affected the whole history of Europe.

The second part of the trip was the visit to Ghent, a beautiful medieval city with a series of canals and a well-preserved castle. In between we ate, visited the Grande Place in Brussels as well as the Mannekin Pis. We finished with a visit to the local market and a trip back on Eurostar.

Another great SLK weekend away.

For more, I suggest you peruse the photos and captions - courtesy of Rex - below.

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