Along waterways...again

I know I posted some rides along various waterways - rivers or canals - before. But the flat terrain without any hills is just too good for basic training to get into shape for the season. So again a route along Zenne and the Mechelen-Leuven Canal I did some days ago.

Starting out towardsVilvoorde,the first waterway is the Brussels-Rupel-Schelde canal. Nothing special and quite industrial surroundings. It's Vilvoorde after all.

In order to go to the Zenne, follow the signs "Canal Route" after the first lock on the canal. When you reach the railway tunnel. Now turn left, through the tunnel, and immediately right again and follow "Kleinestraat" until Hombeek. Here the nice Jagpaad (see also here) starts. All the way up to Zennegat, where Zenne, Dijle and the Leuven-Mechelen-Canal join forces to become the river Rupel which only some 10 km afterwards flows into the Schelde. A typical "Belgian solution" if you ask me.

Now back towards Mechelen:

The Canal near Mechelen

Cycling back along the Leuven-Mechelen Canal might seem boring to some. And it can in fact be boring. But it's a good way to exercise without stop and go - without cars along some beautiful landscape:

Leuven-Dijle Canal

I decided to do some short cut and not ride all the way to Leuven. Possibly had enough of all that waterways. Cycling back along the usual HSL-route track and into Woluwe. Looking forward to that tour in summer. Although it can get quite crowded on the cycling path.