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/Day 85 /04 -06-22 /Remersdaal-Halle

The roosters of the nearby farm thought it was a good idea to wake me up at 5.15. I waited until 6.30 to get out of my bed and breaking up my tent. There was nothing to eat so early on the camping so I left on an empty stomach around 7.20. For the first time in 85 days I misread my GPS and started descending a road, unfortunate the wrong road…After I realised I took the wrong road I climbed the hill back up via an other road to eventually arrive on the correct cyclepath.

Today I would cycle to Halle, 140 K away,  via the outskirts of Liege, through Limburg, Haspengouw, Heuvel land and “the green ring” around Brussel. I also passed Borgloon to say halo to Rudi, a docent of my art academy, who has a solo exhibition in the Graethempoort.

It was great cycling most of the day ; mostly small roads, through fruit orchards, 2 bigger forests, great views, small villages.The closer I came to Brussels though the more I was confronted with the lack of decent and safe cycling infrastructure …cycling on poor roads along busy roads, cycle paths that suddenly disappear, car doors that are thrown open,…compared to most countries I cycled the last months Belgium will  not  be in the top 5. 

It became also warm/hot today. Around noon it was 26 degrees easily. Although the sometimes poor cycling infrastructure and the warm weather I made good progress and I arrived around 16.00 in Halle at the door of Hannah’s apartment..
It was good to see each other again, although Oscar was not so convinced……After a shower we went to Halle city to have an Ice cream….Great ice cream in Halle…
We had early dinner and around nine it was time to go to sleep.This night I will have the company of the house - rabbit Pip. I hope Pip has not seen Monty Python’s The Holy Grail….

Tomorrow I will cycle to Dilbeek, Schellebelle and further….heavy rain is expected….





























Lessons learned :
  • The camping restaurant was really good and clearly deserve the best camping-restaurant of the year
  • The cherries are almost ripe.



Comments

  1. Leentje Vanlee6/4/22, 9:21 PM

    You're almost home! Your wife and kids will be so happy!
    I will miss your stories and photos 😢

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  2. Anonymous6/4/22, 10:23 PM

    De twee laatste !

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  3. Liliane vanlee6/5/22, 8:11 AM

    Zo bijna thuis, oscar zal niet goed geweten hebben wie daar voor hem stond.
    Ook mooie laatste fotos, hopelijk niet te veel regen voor vandaag en goede thuiskomst morgen.
    Veel groetjes

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  4. Lieve meirsman6/5/22, 10:11 AM

    genoten van uw verblijf bij Hanah en morgen genieten van vrouw en kinderen. Ikzelf heb heel hard genoten van uw avontuur. Ik heb het al eens gezegd maar zeg het nog een keer, ik zal uw verhalen en foto's missen.

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