As with the first one we jumped in a car and drove off. We'd figure out the destination while we go. Eventually we ended up at Lac de Madine, which is incredible during sunset and at night.
Autoroute du Nord
We left from Ghent, Belgium around noon. Destination, unknown. Looking for a good spot somewhere in France as it is one of the few countries we could still travel too with Covid. We started driving along the Autoroute du Nord, direction South. This was our first stop, still closeby rainy Belgium. We took cover underneath a small kiosk with a bench, had lunch, and kept going towards better weather!
Vauclerc
For our second stop we were near Vauclerc. We briskly drove of the main road onto some dirt road, parked Herman (it's how we called the old car from 1994) and had an impromptu picnic. At that time I had found a place called Lac de Madine on the map, so we had a direction on where to go!
Lac De Madine
We arrived an hour before sunset at the lake. At first I wasn't convinced, as it seemed like a fairly well-visited place (which often takes some of the charm away for me). But after a short 15 minute hike we found a beautifu and quite secluded spot, normally allowed for fishermen only. After getting a splinter out of my foot, that I accidentally stepped into, we pitched the tent, poured out the wine and enjoyed the sunset. Unfortunately during the sunset a park ranger told us we were not allowed to camp there, so we had to pack it up. We went back to the main beach about an hour after sunset as there was a little spot behind it the ranger had told us it would be okay to camp. To my pleasant surprise, there was almost noone there anymore, except for about 10 campers, the area was empty. After pitching the tent one more time, we went back to the waterside and watched one of the craziest night skies I have ever seen (did not expect that in France). There is barely any light pollution around the Lac de Madine. We saw the milkyway and one falling star after another. It was quite the magical experience with the soft sound of the waves in the background. After almost falling asleep at the lake, we dragged ourselves back to the tent to get some sleep before continuing our route tomorrow!
My rating: 9/10
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What a lovely adventure 😍😍 how I wish all is well where I am. A travel adventure is very much needed 😁😁 happy weekend!
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Yeah, and it's only going to get better! 😄
More on that when I find some time to write the next part, haha!
Ahhh I will be on the lookout for it 😉👍🏼 how I wish travel will be okay soon here...
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I hope so for you guys as well. It's hard to have to miss travel, even a small trip feels like a breather!
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Ah so you are in France now? What is the situation there? Enjoy your adventure and will look forward to your next destination...
Now I am already back in Belgium! But in the part of France we were the situation seemed fine, but we were in the mountains and nature, so not often in populated areas!
Thank you, I'll try to share the next one soon-ish, haha!
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