Wanted to do a longer road ride today so I set out towards the Ravel 2 that starts in Hoegaarden and goes all the way to Mariembourg. Making my way over Bierbeek and Meldert to Hoegaarden, I enjoyed the sunny and near-to-windless conditions, with temps of around 4 degrees Celcius. A good day for an long easy ride. Over Jodoigne and on to Eghezee. In the summer I ride all the way to Namur but with temps like these I prefer not to ride too far. In Eghezee I turned my bike around and rode back to Jodoigne. A particularity of this Ravel - which is an old railroad track turned into bike track - is that the slope of the hills never is more than 4 degrees. This was the maximum slope the locomotives in the time the track was still used for railway traffic, could handle. As a rul one can say that the track gently climbs from Hoegaarden to 7km from Namur , with a few little dips in between and then makes a long drop into Namur. One of these dips is just before Eghezee where the track descents from 150 to 135 meters and then climbs back up to 150 meters in Eghezee. Just past Jodoigne I left the Ravel to head towards Saint Jean Geest and Melin. Melin was the place where it froze -23.1 degrees C a couple of weeks ago. The coldest spot in Belgium or at least in Brabant Walloon. From there I rode on towards Hamme Mille and into Meerdael forest to complete a very satisfying ride that left me with a tired feeling in my legs.
Ride Stats : 80.5K and 445/465 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 3h35mins
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