Time for a proper mountainbike ride. Took half a day off from work and around 11.30AM I started on the trails of the Meerdael Bloso routes. I started with the Red until it met the Blue. Continuing on the Blue I could notice a strong cold wind blowing from the south. With an average temperature of 2 degrees C the chill factor was close to freezing, even in the relative shelter of the forest. When I arrived near Nethen I decided to warm up by doing some extra climbing. I noticed a lot of fallen trees on some of my favorite tracks there. Lets hope the forestry clears them soon because some cannot be contoured and have to be tackled with the bike in hand. The trails were mostly hard and frozen but here and there it was more muddy and when I was climbing int the fields coming out of Bierbeek it was slippery so care had to be taken not to topple over. The strong wind was now blowing full in my face which made this the toughest bit of the ride. I was glad the forest closed around me and I was more or less sheltered from the wind, once again. I was just 5 minutes in when it started to rain lightly. Talking of  timing, that must be excellent timing.

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 41.5K and 610 heightmeters (Garmin) in 2h30mins

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