This morning saw some light rain that died out towards noon. When I left it rained ever so slightly, but I still wanted to get a ride in because more rain was forecast for the afternoon. Sabine, the VRT weather person, spoke of light to moderate rain, between 5 to 10 litres per square meter in some regions. That is no doubt great news for farmers and all those pining for rain since last july. In fact,  I can't remember more than an hours' worth of rain in the last 2 months.
I decided on the Meerdael perimeter ride, staying as close as possible to the forest edge whilst following double- or singletrack roads. All this in an easy tempo, to recuperate from last weeks rides. Before long, things got darker in the forest and indeed the rain started to fall. A light drizzle at first and with the thick foliage still in place it didn't bother me much. The raindrops were scarcely reaching the forest floor.

Whilst I was reaching Valduc I could hear the sound of the rain on the leaves, it was starting to rain now. Sometimes a gust of wind made the trees shudder off the raindrops but still the roads were pretty dry. When I reached Sint Joris Weert and was about to enter the Kouterbos I decided to ride home though. The rain was not lessening like I had hoped and the roads were becoming wetter and wetter. Nevertheless I got in a good easy ride, but I do need to wash the Moots clean, because the specks of mud had covered it from the wheels up.

Ride Stats : 22K and 215/300 heightmeters (Polar/Garmin) in 1h22mins

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