(10,932 km)
\nWe had a peaceful night at the bivakzone. We also woke up to a dry tent for\nthe first time in what feels like weeks!! Not sure if the weather's changed or\nif it was the tree cover.
\nWe headed to Manhay first to buy supplies. A lovely start to the day with\nquiet roads and pretty views. After that, we stuck with the 'main' road for\nmost of the ride, which actually wasn't at all busy. There's a longish climb\non a crappy road surface, but after that it was mostly downhill and a lot\nsmoother.
\nWe paused for lunch in on a bench in Aywaille (BNP Paribas has free wifi, in\ncase that's of interest!!) then mistakenly decided to deviate from the main\nroad....up a long and very steep hill! Belgium really is a lot like Devon. WE\ndistracted ourselves with the excitement of following the cycling 'node'\nsystem for the first time (the same as and linked to that used in Holland).
\nIt's starting to be a bit tricky to find campsites that are open now.....but\nCamping Tultay in Sprimont fit the bill. It was, however, a bit random!! No\none there, just a phone number.....which I called, and spoke to a woman who I\nsimply could not understand (despite my French being reasonable, and\ndefinitely good enough to cope with campsites!). Anyway we muddled through and\npitched the tent, then had to help ourselves to showers at the 'members only'\npart of the campsite as the ones near our section were locked. The lady turned\nup much later and I STILL couldn't understand her, very strange. Anyway it was\nonly 10.40 euros - for the place to ourselves and a picnic table, so we were\nhappy enough!!
\nNote that there is a Lidl very close to the campsite. You do not need to carry\nyour dinner around all day (like we did!)
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