Some rain has fallen today and the tracks were a little bit wet when I rode through Heverleebos towards the meeting point for the start of the weekly KBC MTB club ride. The sun was shining but in the forest temperatures were only around 15 or 16 degrees, a far cry from the 25 degrees we had last week. But there was more oxygen in the air and the pollen had been washed out by the rain.
There were 7 guys and one girl at the start and we set out through Heverleebos towards Korbeek Dyle where we entered the Doode Beemde, following the river Dyle for a while and then the little tracks in this Nature Reserve. From Neerijse we followed the river Ijse until we reached the Margijsbos.

Here we climbed upwards and then rode towards the Wolfshagen and Sint Joris Weert. Entering the Doode Beemde again and following the old train track the girl in our company suffered a flat tyre. 2 man to help her, and one to put it on a digital camera, and several minutes later we could continue our path through the Beemde towards Sint Joris Weert.

Entering Meerdael Forest now and while the others rode back to the start, I chose to ride home through Vaalbeek and the Prosperdreef. Had a good ride with a very low intensity heartrate-wise. Only 108bpm on average. But with an average speed of nearly 20kph we were not exactly slow. The tracks turned out to be mostly dry with some small puddles here and there. The bike will need cleaning but I can do that tomorrow since I took a day off from work.

Ride Stats : 35.5K and 220/295 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 1h47mins

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