Today saw overcast and grey weather. Rain was forecast and lots of it. But since it looked like it wouldn't rain anytime soon I decided to risk riding out. I set forth towards the Sonian forest . Through the Margijsbos into Loonbeek , and then onwards to the Ganzepoel. Taking a left towards the little chapel on the De Limburg Stirum laan. Right onto an offroad bikepath and then right again towards Eizer. I could see the Sonian Forest looming in the distance now. When I reached its border I noticed a red Bloso marker. Not having a definite plan on where to go I decided to follow the markings. They first brought me along a tricky climb and long descent which was very slippery due to the rain from the last couple of days. Making a big loop I had to climb back up to where I entered the forest a whil back. The red markers sent me along a muddy path following the forests' edge. Arriving on a more solid forest trail I ended at the Tervuursesteenweg and there had to take a right towards Duisburg. Some small singletrails between houses and I was in Duisburg itself. Here I managed to lose the trail and following different arrows on a long downhill towards Vossem I stumbled on the red markings once more.  I had to ride up the hill again and then taking a right along a field road. I arrived at the point where Green markers split off from the Red. Following the Red I lost the markings again. Riding back and forth the Mechelsesteenweg I could not perceive any markings so I just rode along until I reached the Tervuursesteenweg again. Riding back into Duisburg I now saw a marker pointing into a small track which ended at the Pachthof Stroeykens. This must be the end of the trail but there was no official BLOSO starting point to be seen. Probably the route is not finished yet, there is no mention of it on the Bloso website either. I continued following the Red past Pachthof Stroeykens and was taken into the fields. It started raining lightly and when I came to the Raffelberg I decided to call it a day and took a right towards the Langestraat. Riding in over Korbeek Dyle I picked in on the Green Meerdael Bloso and followed that through Oud-Heverlee into the Heverleebos. The temperature was Ok with an average of 12 degrees C. Wearing a light rain and windjacket got me through the light rain without trouble. The only thing bothering me near the end was that the rain made the field roads very slippery, and the Hutchinson Pythons were reaching the edge of their grip.

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 50.5K and 530 heightmeters (Garmin) in 2h35mins

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