Today saw overcast but still relatively warm weather. When I got home from work I decided on another offroad ride. Riding out around 4.30pm I had around 2 hours of sunlight left. I started out on the Blue Meerdael Bloso. In the beginning it was dry but soon it began to rain very lightly. As the kilometers rode on and I came near to the Kluis I decided to add a couple of extra climbs. I felt good and with the Mountain King/Rocket Ron combo on my Obed I had good traction. A lot of the trails were in a very bad shape due to forestry works but even that did not stop me and I conquered them all. When I set on the long climb along the Savenel wall I had already close to 300 heightmeters on my Garmin. When I had crossed the Weertsedreef earlier I noticed that the statue of the Bosprotter had regained its place. It looks like it got a couple of layers of varnish. That would protect it from the elements in the coming years. Dove down towards the Warande pond and then crossed the Naamsesteenweg. I was on the Red Bloso now and it started to rain a little bit harder. Nothing really bad but the trails got wetter. Especially some of the passages on cobbles were taken with great care. Darkness was upon me by now and I had to avoid some of the darker passages in the forest, opting instead for bigger roads with more visibility and less potholes. Into Vaalbeek for a last loop along the Prosperdreef and then into Blanden. It was nearly dark now and I was glad I made it in time out of the forest.
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Ride Stats : 43.5K and 555 heightmeters (Garmin) in 02h09mins
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