I had to wait intil 6pm before the atmosphere seemed to stabilize itself. It had been raining for short periods during the whole day and the wind was fierce at times. I took the Litespeed because I wanted to explore into Brabant Walloon via offroad tracks. I set out and contoured Meerdaelwoud over its Northern edge until I entered it just past the Blanden graveyard. The trails were moist but not muddy. My skinny 1.8 Nobby Nics found all the traction they needed. I set out towards the little chapel in Nodebais , crossing Valduc , Hamme Mille and Tourinnes-la-Grosse. From the Chapelle Gosin I rode in the fields towards the Bois de Linsmeau, taking the technical climb from Gottechain upwards and then dropping down towards Cocrou. From here I took the long sandy climb up La Tienne towards Heze. In Heze I took the direction towards the Chapelle du Cheneau where I had a little snack.
As you might surmise I was looking for some climbing action all the way so from the Chapelle I rode towards the Glabais forest where I did a nice little loop before heading towards Heze again. I wanted to do some more climbing so I set out for Biez and Morsain, making my way up to the ridge where the Bois du Bercuit is situated. I encountered a few loose dogs - always tricky but they behaved and so did I - and when I saw that the sun was slowly setting I decided to head back home. Yet I was not finished with my climbing because upon entering Archennes I made my way up the tricky and sandy climb along the Bois de la Hocaille towards Bossut. From there on I added just enough loops to save me from total darkness because the forest was turning black when I finally arrived home, pretty pleased with a good ride.
Ride Stats : 63.5K and 785 heightmeters in 3h35mins
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