Zeebrugge; Saturday, 05 July, 2014
It took over two hours, of, at times, very pretty scenery, to get to the very end of the line.
I walked the short distance down onto the beach and most of the way up to the French border, before heading back into De Panne and along the promenade to the far side of town.
I hopped back onto the tram and went along the coast to the next stop in Koksijde where I stopped for a late lunch and then a wander through the dunes and along the beach to the next town of Oostduinkerke.
At Oostduinkerke I picked up the tram again and caught it along to Nieuwpoort where I went for a wander along both the beach and the riverside down into the centre of town.
Back onto the tram and onto the next stop at Westende and a quick wander around the town. I was thinking of stopping for a quick drink and a bite to eat in a café or bar, but as Belgium’s world cup game (that they were about to lose) was on things were a little busy so I hopped back on the tram down to Raversijde.
At Raversijde the remains of the Atlantic Wall defences that were built, initially during the First World War, but then heavily strengthened by the Nazi’s during the Second are able to be seen from the beach. I had a wander along a stretch of the wall to the next tram stop.
By the time I reached the tram stop the light was starting to fade and the trams were about to go down to a 20 minute rather than 10 minute frequency, so I decided to call it an evening and head back to the hotel, which was still a good hours ride away.
As it had been a very pleasant pizza the previous evening I had dinner again in the bar in the hotel and watched some very dejected Belgians suddenly morph into proud Flemish supporters of the Dutch side.
Sated, and feeling knackered from a lot of walking in dunes, I headed up to my room and sleep.
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