Friday, 29-05-2009

Maastricht to Aywaile

76kms

We started from home at about 8:45 after taking the traditional pictures in front of the house. The day was great no clouds and warm. We rode south following the Maas river and canal, at Liege we turned off to follow the Ourthe river and after a while we turned to follow the Ambleve river to Aywaile.
The day was great with very good cycling paths, but when we turned off to follow the Ambleve river we were forced on the national road n633 which had a bit of traffic.
The scenery is great around here high steep hills totally immersed in green which made the whole ride very pleasent.
We kept it short today because our fitness level is very low and we really are not in shape so out of fear of having a rest day tomorrow we stopped early. I'm sure if we were a bit more fit we would have cycled another 20kms or so.
No plans for tomorrow we just head in the general direction of Trier, Germany trying to keep to the smallest roads.
This camping is ok right next to the river and cheap at 9 Euros but 1.25 for the showers we thought was a bit expensive. The beer was great we never thought Jupiler beer would taste so good.

Left to Right:
1- In front of our house. 2- About 3kms south of Maastricht. 3- Junction of the Ourthe and Maas rivers.
4- Having lunch on a cycling path along the Ourthe. 5- A bit further upstream on the Ourthe. 6- Camping in Aywaile, the river Ambleve is to the left of our tent.