Cycling route through De Wijers landscape of water

Link to tour: https://www.visitlimburg.be/en/what-to-do/cycle-through-the-water-bokrijk

Magnificent circuit..the pine forest, the ponds...the cycle paths..no holes..very well maintained....no waste, no cans.. I'm rambling because it's always the same

Hello An, you have a beautiful home. Belgium is cool🇧🇪 ☺️

First real bike ride after the crash 🚴‍♂️💥 My accident happened at the end of June, and Birgit's last ride was even over a year ago 😯… so it's high time to take the bikes out again! 🎯 Destination: Hawthorn heath near Genk in Flanders... and of course, the highlight: 👉 "Fietsen door het Water" – cycling at eye level with the water 🐟💦. Pretty cool what the Belgians built there 👍😃 After that, we continued through an endless heathland 🌿🌸... one nature reserve follows the next: Het Wik, de Teut, Platwiers Wijvenheide… and who knows how many more 😅 Plenty of nature! 🌳🦋 Then came the break: after crossing the Albert Canal 🚤, the idyllic scenery suddenly came to an end. Instead of heathland and birds 🐦, there was now concrete, fences, and the smell of a factory 🏭😷 We were practically rolling along Hasselt's sprawling industrial area in "get out of here quickly" mode ⏩. Enjoying the scenery? Not really... unless you're into rusty containers and conveyor belts 😜 In the end, it was clear: a really beautiful tour 🤩 And for Birgit, who wasn't quite back in the swing of things yet, the almost 40 km were absolutely sufficient 💪😊