This morning saw a dry intermezzo between yesterdays snow flurries and the heavy snow predicted for later in the day. So I took advantage of this to ride into Meerdael Forest. The forest trails were wet and muddy after yesterdays snow and tonight freezing temperatures were not low enough to stiffen up the mud. I had mounted my WTB Weirwolf tyres - a very good tyre in wet conditions - but I should have mounted my fenders. I set out along the perimeter of the forest again, adding some singletrails were conditions were marginally better because they had not been mashed by other tyres - be they car, bike or motorcycle - and I had to watch out because the leaves were hiding all kinds of traps beneath them. I stopped for a couple of pictures near Mollendaal and also at the forests' biggest tree, the 'Dikken Eik' which loosely translates as Fat Oak.
Several times I needed lighning reflexes and good tyre to keep me from falling off. There was some snow here and there and near the end of my ride it began to snow again. Snow that would become more intense over the next couple of hours .
Ride Stats : 26.5K and 360/305 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 1h42mins
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