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Explores #89 and #89a (revisit): Chateau de la Chapelle, Belgium – August and September 2014

Explore #12 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour After our early start at the Alla Italia spa, we made a quick stop at this Boeing 707 which used to be owned by the president of Benin. In 1992 he landed at Ootende in Belgium, and it never left! A local politician bought it, and it looks as if he’s in the process of turning it into a tourist attraction?! We had a little nose around, but after setting off an…

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Explores #88 and #88a (revisit): Alla Italia health spa, Belgium – August and September 2014

Explore #11 of the Gigawatts & Megalolz Tour The final day of our Belgian weekender was another stupidly early start, so that we could make our entrance to this beautiful former spa whilst still under the cover of darkness. As with The Grand Hotel Regnier I also ended up paying a revisit to this location a month or so later, so have combined my shots from both visits into this single report. History I can’t say much about this location,…

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Explore #62: Chateau d’Ah, Belgium – June 2014

Explore #7 of the Operation Baguette tour Our first explore of the third and final day of our France and Belgium weekender was this abandoned house, nestled amongst woodland in a small Belgian town. The principal reason for of our visit was to see the attractive staircase, but my shots from here are pretty rubbish so it’s going to be a short report this time. In my defence it was still dark when we arrived, and I hadn’t really woken…

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