After weeks of continuous rain, when a few sunny days arrived, I was stuck at work.
When this past weekend came up with some reasonable weather forecasted, I left work Friday afternoon not walking, but running to get home faster than ever! And, when I, at last, got up on my bike yesterday morning, it was with a feeling of having reconquered my life. Freedom, at last!
I was actually supposed to be in Åre, Sweden, at this time of the year. Driving up, I was supposed to have explored trails in Denmark. And here I am still, in Brussels, with my favourite local Hoebelbike event yesterday morning probably having washed away.
As I was brooding and contemplating my clearly unfair destiny this past week, my inbox received the very last-minute winter and spring programme of Canary Bike. Aargh, some things here would have been interesting, but it is simply with too short notice! Hmmm … their annual event Open MTB Marathon is set for 12 March 2012 ..
Still at the computer, a couple of hours later, a friend of mine sends me a link for Åre. Reading my mind, is she? Only to rub it in, they have opened a new trail: The forest of the moon.
But .. yesterday’s ride was pretty awesome! I even took in a couple of the more technical bits of the green trail of Oud-Heverlee. That cheered me up! In total, 60 kilometres of riding to my heart’s content!