#Day67 Interesting chance encounter
Bermeries la Boete to Meretz – 37km 25C Terrain: hilly country roads and busy roads Oof, that was a tough one. I don’t think there was any flat road at all today, just constant up and down with some pretty steep bits. It ended up being quite slow going but got here in the end. I […] Read More
#Day66 La France!
Binche to Bermeries la Boete – 37km 22C Terrain: hilly country roads and busy roads Today is a milestone. Over 1,430km into this wondrous journey and I am in France! Having been through Poland, Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium, I am officially in my birth country, where I spent most of my youth growing up […] Read More
#Day65 Serenaded
Charleroi Airport to Binche – 27km 25C (in the shade) Terrain: hilly country roads and busy roads What an amazingly varied day. From feeling pretty rough to being serenaded in a town square. Life is beautiful. Woke up not feeling fantastic but thought once the blood got flowing all would be ok. This did happen, […] Read More
#Day64 So touched
Thorembais Saint-Trond to Charleroi airport (NOT GOING ANYWHERE!) – 31km 24C Terrain: busy roads I am just blown away by the kind people that I’m coming across on this journey. Sandrine and Olivier Ghellinck who run the B&B I stayed at last night told me this morning that they wouldn’t accept payment and instead for […] Read More
#Day63 Bonjour!
Sint Truiden to Thorembais Saint-Trond – 38km 24C Terrain: country roads and busy roads Bonjour! Woohoo, I can now speak to people in their own language, it’s the best! I crossed over into the French-speaking part of Belgium today. Today was a much better day. The sun was […] Read More
#Day62 Tired legs and some R&R
Genk to Sint Truiden – 32km (yesterday) 20C Terrain: cycle paths and country roads Rest day today! Well needed, my calf muscles were literally screaming at me yesterday. I think an average of almost 35km per day for the past 7 days had taken its toll. Yesterday was quite possibly one of the least rewarding […] Read More
#Day60 I’m in Belgium!
Thorn (Netherlands) to Genk (Belgium) – 36km 20C Terrain: cycle paths and country roads Such a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky when I set off this morning. Less than one kilometer in I crossed the border into Belgium (4th country on this journey), or at least I think I did. Strangely, there […] Read More
#Day59 I found a windmill!
Venlo to Thorn – 36km 19C Terrain: cycle paths I found a windmill! Bit of a stereotype admittedly but I was beginning to think I wasn’t going to see one. Given I only have a few more kilometers in The Netherlands tomorrow it might be the only one but I’m now satisfied! […] Read More