A little bit of rain last night, nothing much to worry about but this morning it was still grey and rather cold. Left home to pick up on the Red Meerdael BLOSO route. The plan was to complete the Red, make the connection towards the Green via the Blue, complete the Green and then return home. I started out easy in a dark and damp forest. The tracks were moist but not wet. Lets say the dust was gone, in some places it didn't even sem to have rained at all. A little bit of an extra loop near Valduc and soon I was on my way towards the starting point of the left in Bierbeek. Took a couple of pictures of Meerdael Forest when the sun peeped through the clouds.

I usually don't pass the start near the Borre in Bierbeek because there is a much nicer little track running parallel to the tarmac road that passes the start of the Red route. A little further the track joins the cobble road just before this turns right towards Mollendaal. Then follows the long climb back into Mollendaalbos and towards the highest point in Meerdael Forest. Reaching the point where I got on the Red route I hd to do a little section again before reaching the junction where it meets the Blue route. Following that until you reach Vaalbeek. Here I got on the Green route. This is a lot less hilly and follows some broad doubletracks into Heverleebos. The tanktrack alongside the E40 ws completely dried out, a sight seldom seen. This enabled me to drive straight through all the swooping pits. Normally you have to steer around down, lest you want to get wet. The long section in the Dyle valley towards Korbeek Dyle enabled me to cruise and enjoy the landscape. Coming back towards Oud-Heverlee I completed the green to arrive back in Vaalbeek. A nice and relatively easy ride with an average temperature of 13 degrees C. I believe autumn is well and truly upon us now. I would like to go to the Ardennes somewhere this week but judging from the weather forecast picking the right day may not be obvious.

Ride Stats : 51.5K and 390/500 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 2h41mins

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