Taking it easy today I decided to go and check the area where we come into Dion from the Bois des Gottes. We need to put in an extra loop in order to make the track of the Belgian and Dutch MTB Marathon Championships an even 90K long. I had a couple of ideas and when I arrived in Dion I checked them all out. Unfortunately one led under the N25 through a tunnel and there was no option to go back to the other side of the N25 without making a big loop towards Gastuche, where another tunnel is to be found. The other existed of following a very narrow track up towards the N25 - nothing more than a footpath between two fields - called the "Sentier du Champ des Cailloux" - following a track parallel to the N25 and then coming back down leading straight through a field. Well, there is supposed to be a road there but the farmer just ploughs it under every year.
An option I didn't explore but which was brought to my attention is to go up towards the tunnel, but instead of going through it take a singletrack to the right just in front of the tunnel . I saw the track but it seemed blocked. But it seems to be ride-able so I have incorporated that option into the latest version of the GPS track and also on the latest version of the map (Version 5) It was also brought
to my attention that the start will be at the centre of Pecrot - rue Constant Wauters to be exact - rather
than right before the train station of Florival. This also makes the track 1
km shorter. You win some, you lose some I guess. The total distance according to my GPS program is 89.4K but in reality I think it will be closer to 92K. The heightmeters are still around the 1200 metre mark, with the extra climb bringing around 47 extra heightmeters. After exploring that region I rode over to Pietrebais to have a go at that region and check for possible places for feed zones. The wind was blowing noticeably today but I rode on a very relaxed pace. Track Profile V5: Track Map V5: GPSTRACK V5 DOWNLOAD : CLICK
Ride Stats : 65K and 610/649 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 3h09mins
7738/77190
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