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
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
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
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
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