Lots
of rain yesterday evening and during the first part of the night. I had
to wait until noon for the last of the showers to drip out.
But
then I set off, riding over tarmac and some fieldroads towards the
Foret de Soignes near Brussels. This forest is usually rather dry due
to the road being covered with fine grain pebbles. I stopped at Filip
Sport in Hoeilaart to discuss titanium fullies and then set off again
to do parts of the Overijse BLOSO routes and finally head into Meerdael
forest to put some tension on my muscles on some short steep climbs.
In
total I did 60.6K and 545 heightmeters. I stopped in a descent near
Overijse to take some pictures of what was easily the biggest toadstool
I've seen this year. Click the pic near the top of this article to
check it out.
As
for tomorrow, I'm still not sure where to ride. I would like to go to
Tilff but I've heard from a reliable source that they also had a
downpour last night, although not as much as in my region.
I
also could go and do a recon with the organizers from the Meerdael 2000
organized ride, ride that I always like to do and I help them out by
checking the arrowing on the trail in the early morning.
Another
option is to join a few guys who will ride the Wavre TT again, having
the track on GPS. What I will not do is go to Braine. But I have to
check , there might be other rides in the Ardennes region.
As usual, I will decide tomorrow morning :P
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