At least my cold is somewhat better today, although it is leaving a nasty cough behind! I did sleep a bit better, though, but it was a mistake to listen to "The carol of the bells" just before snuggling down, as I was earwormed by it on and off all night, and had nightmares about the forthcoming carol service! Not that we are singing it, unless the worship group do it as their solo, which I doubt they will, but still!
We did not hurry this morning, but enjoyed a leisurely breakfast, and then used the services before paying for the campsite and heading off. Our first port of call was the local REWE, where I did a Last Shop in Germany, and then we decided to go to what we call the Duck Path (goose path, really!), just near the Strépy-Thieux canal lift. It poured with rain during the first part of our journey, really nasty, although the traffic wasn't too ghastly for a Belgian motorway, and there were no serious hold-ups. We stopped for lunch at a random service area, and then headed on again. By then, we had mostly driven out of the rain, although we did run through a few more showers.
When we arrived, we parked up on a rather muddy pitch, and had a cup of tea. It was still light, and the rain was away, so we went for the first part of the walk, down to the old canal lift, under it, and back the other side, which gives a most unfortunate tracing on Strava!
But it was a good leg-stretch, and I hope we will be able to do the other half of the walk in the morning, assuming it isn't raining.
The geese appeared on schedule - I don't know if somebody feeds them, or what; they certainly appear to be bedded down for the night here! As, indeed, we will soon be, since we have no electricity and the batteries aren't all they should be. We are being very mere with lights and, although we should like the heating on (it is at least 10° colder than this morning), we think we'll go to bed with hot-water bottles instead. Of course, my boots are not very mud-proof, so my socks have got wet on the one night I'd really like to be wearing them, but I do have a spare pair....
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