Arlon 10 September 2015 15:07 I got there! Now what is waiting for me is 4:30h on train. Right now I don’t feel like writing a lot, but when I’m home I’ll get the photos from moments I haven’t shared yet on here too.
Orval 10 September 2015 11:40 Yesterday evening I walked a little tour of the small village Orgeo, and talked there to some locals, wondering what I could do today with the extra time. Then I found out that the Abbaye d’Orval was only a small detour. The road to here was a quite nice ride,...
Quiet 9 September 2015 18:58 Today was a shorter trip, I have in total done 70km. I’ve started by taking some weird roads that are usually for people with 4x4’s or maybe tractors through the woods. They were quite steep, so I got a bit of delay there. Then I entered France, and went through...
Zzzz 9 September 2015 11:10 I woke up a bit later than planned today, but luckily my etappe today is 67km (4h30 according to Maps). The first bit seems to be very steep, because it wants me to go through each village possible apparently. In a way, that is lucky, because I need to buy...
punaise 8 September 2015 20:25 Phew! I finally arrived. 8km after my previous post, I felt something weird in my front wheel, and stopped. I saw a small puddle mud form, and when I inspected from closer, I saw my tire was totally flat. Some friendly (but mocking me for not having any backup tires...
Leg Stretching 8 September 2015 13:37 I’m now at 80km of my 120km etappe of today. I started with a bit of regular road, and then I followed the Meuse(?) for 20km above Mons. After that a piece of 10km cobblestone switched off with a dirt road with deep puddles. Luckily after that I had a...
Château de Beloeil 7 September 2015 19:51 I went to the castle of the Ligne (line) family 5km from my sleeping place. It was quite special to roam around with no one else there. Some parts even date from the end of the 14th Century! My internet now is quite bad, but there are some photos on...
Arrived 7 September 2015 16:07 After that break I finished the last bit of that hill, and soon after that I encountered a pleasant descent. At the end of that there was a speed checker for cars, at which point I was going at 50km/h. A little after that it started drizzling, but it stopped...
Little Break 7 September 2015 14:42 Right now I’m taking a little break of a few minutes after passing the 90km mark. I’m already in Wallonia for some time, and the difference is very clearly noticeable. Here it’s a lot less flat, but this is just the beginning. I’m not even in the Ardennes yet! I...
Too Fast 7 September 2015 10:38 I’m writing from Waregem now. just after I accidentally went straight where I had to go left, I decided that I should stop at Waregem. Not because I am tired, but because this was where I expected to take my lunch break. Funnily enough I’ve been advancing faster than prepared,...
Preparation 5 September 2015 10:30 For the first day I will have to travel 100km, passing through most of West-Vlaanderen, quite straight to Beloeil. Using the Flemish “fietsknooppunten” network for that part: kp km 1 0.0 2 0.9 3 0.9 5 3.7 69 6.1 69 6.3 71 9.3 87 12.4 88 15.3 99 16.0 30...
MrHyde 3 September 2015 9:27 So during the trip I’ll be blogging to this Jekyll blog. I will use the app MrHyde, and while testing it now, I must say I like it. Writing is clean and simple, and so is publishing. Before today you couldn’t commit to branches other than master, But I helped...
Plans 1 September 2015 15:28 Initial search My plan is to travel during about a week through Belgium, I’ll try to bike from Bruges to Arlon, and then take the train back. Initial plan: This will take me around Kortrijk, Tournai, Mons, Philippeville, Bertrix and finally Arlon. I’m planning to do this during the next...
Hello World 1 September 2015 9:45 Today I have been setting up Jekyll to have a clear structure of the page. After that I’ve started the styling of the site. The date and the goal of the travel isn’t clear yet.