My good friend Jeroen is based in Belgium and I’m always struggling to find time to pop over for a visit. We were chatting the other day, comparing notes about roads over there, and afterwards I put this route together based on his suggestions and the roads I already knew and liked.

 

I based the route around Namur – partly because it’s one of those places you can reach in a comfortable day from the Eurotunnel, partly because it’s a lovely town with a fine old citadel, but mostly because it’s a brilliant jumping-off point for heading south into the Ardennes. There are so many great, twisty roads to be explored – many of them blissfully quiet.

 

Sending the route back to Jeroen, it got a thumbs up (after he suggested a few tweaks). The only thing is… now I have to find the time to go and ride it with him. No more excuses!

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If you're not sure what to do over Easter, why not jump on the Eurotunnel on Friday and head to Namur? Ride this route on Saturday, return.home on Sunday – and you'll still have Bank Holiday Monday to wash the bike…