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A beautiful sunny morning, so out I went. I had the plan to ride out towards the Ravel in Hoegaarden, follow that until my odometer showed 50K, return and ride back over Meldert towards home.
When I passed near the 1st Wing in La Bruyere I noticed a special version of an F16 standing behind the gates. So I stopped to make a picture before riding on along the very beautiful village of Sart Melin and St Remy Geest. A bit further I was on the Ravel and things went easy towards Vedrin. I hit the 250m mark and a bit later in the descent towards Namur I hit the 50K mark. So I turned my bike around and rode back towards Eghezee. On the way I noticed the tumulus in Hottomont and decided to make a little detour to look at it a bit closer and take some pics. The tumulus has been built by the Romans and is suspected to be the last resting place of a Roman General called Otto. Hence the name of the little town - Hottomont , Otto's Mount - it is said. Could be, or maybe not.. the dim and distant past is sometimes filled with a lot of hearsay and twisted stories. What is certain is that there is a tumulus and that I made some pictures of it.
  
  
After that I rode on towards Eghezee and later Jodoigne. I followed the ravel until it reached Hoegaarden. Here I had to turn towards Meldert and La Bruyere. The sun was out from time to time, but there were also periods of cloud cover. But I noticed when I got home that my skin had turned red. A good solid ride, but on a low scale of intensity, because I had an average heartrate of 121bpm. I was using the latest Assos trousers and I must say, they kept my bum free of pain and hardship throughout the entire ride. With the price these things are selling for, it better be good.
Ride Stats : 114,5K and 555/559 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 4h54mins
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