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From Brunehamel we ride to Rumigny. The road that goes into Rumigny goes straight
to a big castle in a park. I tell Bruno I want to take a picture so he stops and
I go back for the picture. It looks nice and I want to get back here some day
because you can take a guided tour in the castle.
A Castle in the park
I don't want Bruno to wait to long so I get on the BMW again and we go past
Mon Idee to Rocroi. Before we enter Rocroi, we stop to look at the old embankment
around the town and the old bridge.
The old embankment and bridge of Rocroi
Then we enter Rocroi and through Rocroi we get back on the road, the D1 to Revin.
We see a lot of bikers comming from the opposite direction and soon we know why....
This is a road, made for bikers. Through the forrest, over the hills, the roads winds
through the beautiful scenery. The bike is running fine, the sun is shining, this is
near perfection!
A "bikers road"
At a observation post, we stop to look at a resevoir. You can see the waterlevel
is much lower then normal because of the drought. It is nice to stand here, the bikes
ticking from the heat, we enjoying the shadow and the beautiful views.
Resevoir (look at the low water level because of the drought)
From Revin we ride on the banks of the Maas, that is the river that goes from
France through Belgium to Holland. The river flows from Revin past Fumay to Givet,
into Belgium. In Fumay, we fill our tanks one more time so now I can drive home
without another stop for gas.
Along the river Maas
From Givet we ride to Dinant. In Dinant we want to have dinner.
It is always beautiful to follow a river. Nice villages, small boats in the river
and a nice winding road.
A nice view on the river
When you drive on the bank of the Maas into Dinant, you can see the old fortress
of Dinant on the top of the mountain. On the waterfront of Dinant there are lots of
bars and restaurants and in one of these restaurants we want to have dinner.
The fortress of Dinant (on the mountain)
We park the bikes next to the river and go to "Taverne Wiertz" for a steak with
pepersauce and french fries. That tastes good after a long day on the road.
It is seven o'clock PM now and time to move on so we pay the bill and now we
have to get out of Dinant. That is not so easy because the narrow streets of the
old town are packed with cars. I follow Bruno on his Ducati in a very "Non_BMW"
driving style. Sometimes scary because my BMW is a lot wider then Bruno's Ducati.....
Here we had our dinner
Finaly we leave Dinant and drive to Namur. From Namur, we get on the freeway to Brussels
and from the ring around Brussels, we get on the A12 in the direction of Antwerp.
In Puurs, a small town near Sint Niklaas, South of Antwerp we stop at the MacDonald
for a milkshake and then it's time to part. Bruno goes to a BBQ party in Puurs and
I have another 50 km to go to get home.
At ten o'clock PM and after 895 km, I park the BMW in the garage after a very enjoyable day
on the road.
The only negative thing was the idling problems with the BMW. When it was hot it stalled
when idling and that was very anoying in the Paris traffic. I'm still in my guarantee period
so I'll go back to the dealer to get it fixed.
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