Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in news:m36gqk9o703d8v27c1bndo22g7g97idvpr@ >4ax.com:
Recommendation needed...
However... V and I are staying a bit longer in France as part of the
French Run, crossing back to the UK late morning on Tuesday 5th May.
Consequently, we need somewhere for the night of Monday 4th, within an
hour or so of Calais. Somewhere sympa, to wander around for an hour
or two, have a drink in a nice bar, etc
Martin's Hotel Bruges. Used it a couple of times on my OAP trips. City >centre, underground garage, not cheap but lovely.
...and, serendipitiously, I booked Martin's Hotel! I didn't trawl
back through this thread first, but Martin's was the most central
place with parking, and it seemed and OK price, too
Thanks for everyone's help, especially to the Wessiepedia :-)
On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:30:36 -0000 (UTC), wessie
<willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in news:m36gqk9o703d8v27c1bndo22g7g97idvpr@ >>4ax.com:
Recommendation needed...
However... V and I are staying a bit longer in France as part of the
French Run, crossing back to the UK late morning on Tuesday 5th May.
Consequently, we need somewhere for the night of Monday 4th, within an
hour or so of Calais. Somewhere sympa, to wander around for an hour
or two, have a drink in a nice bar, etc
Well, most people on this thread seemed to say "Bruges", so yesterday
I finally got round to it and booked a night in Bruges...
Martin's Hotel Bruges. Used it a couple of times on my OAP trips. City >>centre, underground garage, not cheap but lovely.
...and, serendipitiously, I booked Martin's Hotel! I didn't trawl
back through this thread first, but Martin's was the most central
place with parking, and it seemed and OK price, too
On 16/4/26 15:03, Champ wrote:
On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:30:36 -0000 (UTC), wessie
<willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in >>>news:m36gqk9o703d8v27c1bndo22g7g97idvpr@ 4ax.com:
Recommendation needed...
However... V and I are staying a bit longer in France as part of
the French Run, crossing back to the UK late morning on Tuesday 5th
May. Consequently, we need somewhere for the night of Monday 4th,
within an hour or so of Calais. Somewhere sympa, to wander around
for an hour or two, have a drink in a nice bar, etc
Well, most people on this thread seemed to say "Bruges", so yesterday
I finally got round to it and booked a night in Bruges...
Martin's Hotel Bruges. Used it a couple of times on my OAP trips.
City centre, underground garage, not cheap but lovely.
...and, serendipitiously, I booked Martin's Hotel! I didn't trawl
back through this thread first, but Martin's was the most central
place with parking, and it seemed and OK price, too
Excellent!
And only 2mins walk to the brewery :-)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xjMApwMs29DsPF6u7
Well, most people on this thread seemed to say "Bruges", so yesterday
I finally got round to it and booked a night in Bruges...
Martin's Hotel Bruges. Used it a couple of times on my OAP trips.
City centre, underground garage, not cheap but lovely.
...and, serendipitiously, I booked Martin's Hotel!
Excellent!
And only 2mins walk to the brewery :-)
opening times are a bit shit - close at 630pm, although he is a
notorious lightweight so one Belgian beer should see him off
On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:54:53 -0000 (UTC), wessie
<willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
Well, most people on this thread seemed to say "Bruges", so yesterday
I finally got round to it and booked a night in Bruges...
Martin's Hotel Bruges. Used it a couple of times on my OAP trips.
City centre, underground garage, not cheap but lovely.
...and, serendipitiously, I booked Martin's Hotel!
Excellent!
And only 2mins walk to the brewery :-)
opening times are a bit shit - close at 630pm, although he is a
notorious lightweight so one Belgian beer should see him off
I've lived on the IoM [1] for getting on for 10 years now. Things
have changed... :-)
[1] "80,000 alcoholics clinging to a rock"
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