Saturday, 30-05-09

Aywaile to St. Vith

60kms total 137kms

After our morning ritual we got on the road at 9. The road was very scenic all the way to Stoumont with only one very long climb just before the village. We continued on the N633 to Trois Ponts where the views were really nice from this height but the traffic was getting really bad now with all the vacationers waking up.
At Trois Ponts we turned on the very busy N68 to Stavelot were we stopped for lunch and watching this bicycle tour going on with over 10,000 participants. This town had a nice memorial and an American half track on display I think there was a huge battle here in WWII.
From Stavelot we took the rural N660 which started with a +12% climb heading for Francheville than Recht were we found a route going through some woods (our third hill of the day) so we could get on the N675 heading to St. Vith. Just before we got out of the woods we rode by this couple were the girl had her shirt off and was on her knees in front of her friend lol, she got so embarressed she turned tomato red ran and hid behind a tree holding her face, while her friend fell to his knees laughing, what a scene, I told them to have fun and enjoy the day lol.
At St. Vith we stopped for a beer and found the camping were we had a very luxurious shower cleaned our clothes and cooked some noodles for dinner.
This day was good we really enjoyed the ride, but the hills wore us out, it was the first time we did (3) hills in one day fully loaded and out of shape.

Left to Right:
1- Breaking camp. 2- View point from just before the village of Stoumont. 3- The views after the village 
of Soumont. 4- A chateau along the N633.