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Belgium & France 2000 slide show
   

 

Kilometers: 650 kilometres
Riding days: 8 only
Weather: rain, rain, rain
Alti meters: ??
 
In the summer of 2000 we decided to go on a three week cycle tour through Belgium and the northern part of France. Unfortunately, the holiday ended after one week and 650 kilometers due to extremely poor weather conditions.
waiting for the rain to stopFinding shelter from the rain (Belgium 2000)
   
 
   
 

Belgium, France & Luxemburg 2001

So in 2001 we tried again and, as you can see, we managed to clock more than 1700 kilometers in four weeks time. The weather was pretty good (just two days cycling in the rain), especially when we got to Verdun. From that time onwards, there was only sunshine (and Son-shine) with temperatures in the high 20's (ºCelcius).

Here are some pictures we took during our travels in 2001:

 
 
Distance travelled in 2001  
   
05-07-01 Arnhem - Bakel
87,1
06-07-01 Bakel - Zonhoven
88,3
07-07-01 Zonhoven
23,4
08-07-01 Zonhoven - Oteppe
69,4
09-07-01 Oteppe - Spontin
65,2
11-07-01 Spontin - Forrières
51,0
12-07-01 Forrières - Monthermé
78,0
14-07-01 Monthermé - Le Chesne
75,7
15-07-01 Le Chesne - Châlons
87,7
17-07-01 Châlons - Épernay
51,1
18-07-01 Épernay - Épernay
76,9
19-07-01 Épernay - Revigny-s-O.
93,5
20-07-01 Revigny-s-O. - Verdun
66,6
21-07-01 Verdun - Verdun
26,9
22-07-01 Verdun - Esch-s-Alzette
88,9
23-07-01 Esch-s-Alzette - Attert
52,8
24-07-01 Attert - Esch-s-Sûre
34,3
25-07-01 Esch-s-Sûre - Bomal
87,1
26-07-01 Bomal - Spontin
55,4
27-07-01 Spontin - Spontin
46,6
28-07-01 Spontin - Walcourt
56,7
29-07-01 Walcourt - Leuven
104,1
31-07-01 Leuven - Kasterlee
71,1
01-08-01 Kasterlee - Uden
103,6
02-08-01 Uden - Arnhem
70,3
   
Total kilometers
1711,7
   
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