(10,889 km)
\nSuch a lovely day of riding! Even more climbing than yesterday, but it didn’t\nseem like it. The first climb is classic, on a quiet road with some nice\nhairpins and lovely views back into the valley. We paused in Wiltz to do our\nshopping - a bigger town but in another spectacular gorge location - which\nmeant we felt like we didn’t make much progress for the morning!
\nAfter Wiltz, we joined an idyllic cycle path along an old railway line. We\ngained a fair bit of height on this section, but it was so gradual we barely\nnoticed. We then hopped across a few bumps (and across the border into\nBelgium!) to another old railway, on which we descended 10km into Houffalize.\nStunning riding on a beautiful autumn day.
\nIt was then up up up once again on a less fun main road - it wasn’t tooooo\nbusy but it wasn’t the sort of idyllic backroad that we really enjoy. The\nclimb wasn’t particularly difficult, but our legs were getting pretty tired!\nWe were glad to turn off and meander along quiet roads to the tiny settlement\nof Colas.
\nWe are camping for free, legally(!), at a ‘Bivakzone’. These are areas set up\nby various organisations in areas of natural beauty, only for use by cyclists,\nhikers and horse-riders. Zero facilities (unless you count logs for sitting on\nand a fire pit!) but there’s water in a stream a short walk away. It’s a\nlovely spot. We did have it to ourselves but some hikers just turned up…..they\nseem to be setting up camp suitably far away from us though!
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