Between Thursday 19th May and Sunday the 22nd of May we cycled through Belgium, a bit of Southern Holland and into Germany. The route took us between Brussels and Cologne following a section of the Meuse river and later meeting the Rhine.
The bike route was mostly on minor roads and cycle paths, many alongside rivers and canals. We cycled roughly 50 or 60 miles a day although the Friday was a pretty long day - a total of about 200 miles.
Day 1 – Thursday 19th May
We set off from Gembloux in a south east direction towards Namur and then a few miles south of the city.
Day 2 – Friday 20th May
On Friday morning we headed North and then North East. Most of the day we followed the Meuse river stopping for lunch just north of Liege. We left the river at some point during the afternoon crossing the border into Holland and leaving Maastricht to the North West.
Day 3 – Saturday 21st May
On the Saturday morning we biked to a morning stop at a Dutch design museum in Kerkrade and then crossed into Germany. We cycled through Aachen and stoped for lunch to the south of the city. We then cycled through a forested area and stopped for the night in the small town of Durens.
Day 4 – Sunday 22nd May
On the Sunday morning we cycled East to meet the Rhine at Wesseling. Approaching Cologne from the South and arriving mid afternoon to the finale next to the Cathedral.
