Lommel to Brussels 21 August

There are HILLS!! in Belgium. Nothing like in NZ but still enough to make the tighs ache. I had to get off and walk on a few occasions. Glad that we are doing this portion now, I don't think I could have coped earlier in the trip (I would have ended up walking most of the uphill stuff). Getting out of Lommel was a pain because of the aforementioned issues with cycleways (turning into free-ways, or dissapearing). Never mind we got there in the end. We cycled hard again today, some 82km. I am really feeling the 3kg of baggage that I've added to my packs again. I left some 'not yet used' stuff at my Grandmother's place and picked it up on Thursday while I was there. Quite a warm day, and we only stopped twice for cold drinks. Six hours of hard cycling to make sure we got to Brussels mid-afternoon to catch up with a whole bunch of friends. Had a lovely evening, and a lovely dinner with friends, and sleeping was no problem.

We're having a rest day here. George is cleaning the bikes (there is a slug stuck to my mudguard too) and I'm updating the blog and adding photos. Tomorrow we might cycle direction Frankfurt for a few days and then catch the train to make sure we get there on time. We might not be able the cycle to full route anymore. Still we've done more than 900km by bike so far so not a bad effort.