The plan today was to ride up to Bonlez. Getting there involved riding over the Zoete Waters, Sint Joris Weert, Pecrot, Archennes and past Grez. In all just short of 25K. I had the track of the 2012 Ottintoise in my Garmin 705 and I picked in on this organised ride just past Bonlez. I did  its easternmost loop, which involved more than a couple very steep, but thankfully also short - hills. I had to get out of the saddles a couple of times which meant the slope was nearing 14-15 degrees. I rode up to the point where the track almost crosses itself and then rode back towards Bonlez. Looks like this Ottintoise is quite a hilly ride, I hope to explore it further in the near future. It starts in Ottignies and is 86K long with almost a 1000 heightmeters.
Arriving back in Bonlez I decided to loop towards Grez, taking a right and starting the long climb through Heze towards Longueville. Passing  through Incourt and Dongelberg I followed the smaller track through Lathuy and then crossing the N240 I arrived in Melin. From here I rode on towards Sart-Melin and then arriving at the N240 again I followed this until I could take a right and plunge towards La Bruyere. The wind came from North-North Easterly directions but it did not bother me much. Passing through La Bruyere and then onwards to Meldert and Opvelp. Here I took a left towards Beauvechain. Through Tourinnes and Hamme Mille and before long I was back in Nethen. From here I closed my loop over Sint Joris Weert, the Zoete Waters and Vaalbeek. Quite a good ride and even though my average was low in the hilly sections in the beginning and on the Ottintoise I managed to crank it up in the end. The average temperature turned out to be 21 degrees C and with the sun peeping through the cloud cover from time to time it was quite pleasant weather for cycling.

Endomondo track


Ride Stats : 112K and 900 heightmeters (Garmin) in 4h03mins

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