After finishing the day on Wednesday at Tournai, the team committed to be up and away from site by 08.15, they actually managed to leave the site at around 09.30, and headed for Peruwelz, a distance of around 10 miles.

For the third day running the temperatures in this area of Belgium increased to over 32 degrees, and therefore the team felt the effects of the heat.

Around 1300 the team left a shaded footpath to join the road with no signs of shade for miles. They therefore decided that the weather was too hot to carry on walking, so found the local train/bus station. They found that there were no buses running, and that the next train was in around 3 hours time.

They waited for the trian, having filled up their water supplies. The train journey was not a long one and they were soon at Blaton, and heading to the shops for food before heading to their campsite.

Whilst the campsite was well signposted from Blaton, the signposts ran out after a while, and therefore the team selected one slightly closer.

The team set up camp, updated their video diary, and discussed the following day with the supervising team.

During the day they completed one of their minor projects, visiting a local police station and discussing the law enforcement with the officers there. Not only did they visit the police station voluntarily (one of the requirements of the minor project), but also in order to help others.

Despite the rain Friday was still hot and humid, although not quite in the 30s. The team therefore agreed that they should walk around 10 miles to station where they could catch the train into Mons, before completing the walk to the campsite. This meant that they would not be walking in the hottest part of the day (provided they managed to get off site by the planned 07.30).

They arrived at their campsite by around 15.00, and were planning to walk back into Mons to complete some of their minor projects.

Their plans for Saturday are to walk to Thieu, and look at the Boat Lift at Strepy-Thieu, and then walk to the train station, for a trian into Charleroi.

This will help them with the milage that they lost on day 2.

On the way back to the train station they can not miss one of the other 4 boat lifts in the area, although they will not see the Inclined Plain of Ronquerres.