Bart's Cycling Scribes 霸特單車遊記: December 21, 2016: The shortest day of the year could not go by without a qucik spin

Another quick bike ride today, I did around 20 km. I went to the nature park and from there to Meldert

Tranquil as usual out here

A bit warmer than yesterday

I like this area a lot. When I was working in Belgium, I passed here twice every day., even in the dark winters.

A few curves and into the mini forest

I know my geography well: instead of taking the main road, I used this nature park to connect to another small road that would lead me to the pharmacy; where I would buy medicine for my dad.

Little pond here

This picture is better. It was mighty tranquil today. Probably because it is a bit on the chilly side for being outside.

I made a turn to the left, to the small town Meldert. I used to go running in that little street often.

A lot of headwinds today, I could feel the wind blowing in my face

I came from Lummen, now going to Meldert

De broekkantstraat

That is a nice place to live, probably very expensive

Many fields around me.

Then I saw a street called Venusberg (Venus Mountain). It filled me with the same kind of sensation I had in Taiwan when seeing a street with the name slope or mountain, or like in Czech Republic or Germany, when something is called Berg. Anyway, the name lured me in and there I went.

Guess what? It went uphill

A view downhill

Not very long but I think it reached 8% at some point. Still nice

I reached an area where I had never been before, that's right , in my own block.

Discovering in my own hometown, it should not be possible haha

The road turned into a gravel road but with 28mm tires it was doable.

I arrived at the pharmacy and bought the medicine, then I went home. Here you can see the EU flag (blue), Belgium flag, Flanders flag (yellow), Limburg flag (to the left), Lummen flag (to the right)