The Content Reader

At last a sunny, rather warm day. Another bike tour this morning to villages in the neighbourhood. We stopped at a farmhouse, which has a shop and café, and enjoyed an ice cream in the sun. The place was nicely decorated with different kind of pumpkins (see picture below). Just a short break and then we continued to Ottenburg and Wavre, on the way back to Overijse. Lovely weather, and being Belgium, a lot of bikers on the way. And being Sunday, not that many cars. I was really tired in the end of the tour, especially in the legs. We have a very long, tough road uphill to come back home. I hardly made it with my turbo level of the bike. Luckily Martin is in a better condition, but even he had to walk up part of the way. He does not have an e-bike! TODAY WE MADE 30 KM! Feel really good now. With a good conscience I can now lie down and read a nice book. As usual I am on several books at the same time. I can choose between a history book about the Kalmar union in the 14th cent...

My husband tells me I can not only read books. I have to do some exercise as well! Realising that he has a point there, I have - today, when we went biking for the first time in ages - set a goal for my exercises. I will bike at least 100 km a week. That should get me into shape and hopefully later on I can extend it. Just a reminder! I have an e-bike, and biking is so much more fun. Maybe not entirely due to the e-bike, but due to a new, proper bike. Here is a first proof of my good intentions. With the battery comes a screen with useful information, that tells me everything I do. No getting away from it here. Today's tour generated 23.5 km in 1h15min! We broke for lunch in between in the huge park of Tervueren. My maximal speed was 43 km! Can you imagine? However, the average was 18.8 km. Lunch plate, but no eating the bread! A terrace with a view!

Me with the E-bike! Another lovely autumn day that has to be used. Yesterday we passed by the bike shop to pick up my bike that has been serviced. Once inside the shop we found this wonderful e-bike and my husband, Martin, insisted that I should try it. He has been trying for some time, to convince me that an e-bike is something for me. I have resisted, but once I tried it, I only needed about two minutes to realise that this was an absolutely fantastic bike. I did not need to much convincing that this would be a wonderful Christmas present. Since it is too big to put under the tree, we decided to buy it right away. In this way I could benefit from the lovely autumn and still use it.  So already today we ventured out. Martin had to use one of the two bikes we just had in for service. Just ordinary bikes since I am not much for these modern bikes! Hmm, seems it is not entirely true. But...I am absolutely in love with this e-bike and can see myself improving on my physical con...