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In mid-March 2022, I headed to Amsterdam for a first meeting with the staff of International Campaign for Tibet Europe
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/5: Luxembourg and Dutch border
Photos Border Benelux Burbling deer, two days of rotten weather, tough Ardennes climbing and having to turn back once because too steep and too long. And a visit to a very special underground museum. Oct 5: Gerouville - Habay-la-Neuve (38.45 km - 453 m climb)Last night, whenever I woke up for a moment, I heard a strange bellowing. There were many [...]
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/5: Art in the Zonneberg cave (Maastricht)
Photos Zonneberg cave (This report is not complete and probably contains inaccuracies because the guide went too fast). 10 Oct - Maastricht: Visit to Zonneberg 'caves' and museum under Sint-Pietersberg in Dutch-Belgian border area.About four kilometres outside Maastricht lies the Sint-Pietersberg nature reserve. I had spent quite some time cycling next to it on Saturday from the Belgian border village of Kanne, [...]
Bike tour 2021 - Belgium/5: Robert Garcet's Silex tower
Photos flint tower Extraordinary flint peace tower During my walk around Belgium for the benefit of Straatverplegers vzw in June, I was unable to visit this monument because it was some 4 km off my route. Walking around for eight kilometres with a heavy backpack is just a bit too much... During my bike ride around Belgium for the Brailleliga vzw I did manage to do so, [...]
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/4: East border Belgium-France
Photos Belgium-France border French breakfast at Laurence and Jean-Jacques' house, the harder climbing work arrives, a few times in and out of France and shelter and to a cosy old-fashioned cinema in Bouillon. Sep 28: Villers-Sir-Nicole - Chimay (58.79 km - 494 m climb)After a hot shower and a rich breakfast of croissants, pains-au-chocolat and a ball of coffee [...]
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/3: Western border France-Belgium
Photos Western Belgium-France border Covid certificate check in France, WWI landmarks along French-Belgian border, curious iguanodon story in Bernissart and many pleasant encounters along the way. Sep 23: Rest and catch-up day in Bray-Dunes Yesterday I arrived quite late at Perroquet campsite, right on the French-Belgian border. The reception is to the left of the driveway and to the right is a tavern which, [...]
Bike tour 2021 - Iguanodon museum in Bernissart
Photos Iguanodon museum Sep 26: The Iguanodon Museum in BernissartIn the coal mines of Bernissart, 30 skeletons of iguanodons and numerous bones of prehistoric turtles, crocodiles and fish were found at a depth of 320 to 350 metres around the 1875s. The excavations lasted three years and these finds were considered so important that engineer Louis De Pauw decided to take the skeletons to the Natural History [...].
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/2: Along coast and Beaufort art route
Photos Coastal Ride Enjoying the beautiful cycling weather and the Beaufort '21 artwork along our coast. 20 Sep - The Beaufort RouteIn Knokke-Heist, the Women's World Time Trial Championship was on. Pretty fun to watch those aerodynamic speedsters whizzing by. Less fun was that the elevated start was built a long way up the beach and I, [...]
Cycle tour 2021 - Belgium/1: Belgian-Dutch border towards the coast
Photos Border Belgium-Netherlands Pleasant reunion with dear people who supported or helped me during my hike around Belgium. Sep 17: Berchem - De Klinge (36.62 km) After being warmly waved off by my dear neighbour Marina Otto, I took a leisurely start day to camping Fort Bedmar in De Klinge, less than 40km away. In Hoboken, just past [...]
Hiking for Street Nurses 2020: Birds of prey show at Fort of Godfrey of Bouillon
Impressive show with birds of prey at Fort Godfrey of Bouillon.
