Has anyone noticed how many snails there are crawling around this year?? Its amazing, the forest seems to be filled with them. The wet intermezzos coupled to steamy hot days tends to really make them flourish. Its difficult not to kill at least a couple of them each ride. And they stick to your frame - they do. Anyways, I set out for an evening singletrack ride along my Secret Meerdael loop today. The goal was to ride for two hours and see how far I got. Well, I got about 35K far. The first bit is not too hilly, only a Hill Factor of 10 or thereabouts, but its all twisty and turning trails. They were pretty dry with the occasional slippery patch and still som mud in the deep forest, but traction was rather good. I had to float my bike over some deep mud from time to time but when I emerged out of the forest next to a field the bike was still pretty clean. Saw a donkey family with the youngster very cute and not shy at all.
After that I re-entered my twisty forest trails, sometimes having to carry the bike over fallen trees. The trails are so seldom-used that no-one really bothers with the trees lying there. After about 22K I crossed the Naamsesteenweg and did a little bit of the hilly section of my Loop. When the clock reached 2 hours I pointed my bike away from the trail and headed on home, still taking in some nice loops on the way in. Had a great ride, it was reasonably warm but dry so ideally suited for an evening ride.
Ride Stats : 40K and 460 heightmeters in 2h28mins
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