Join me for a 2-hour cycle ride around the perimeter of Leuven.
In my last post I introduced you to how to use RouteYou to create your own walking or cycling route. Just to show you how easy it is in practice, I made this simple 27 km cycle ride from my home around the outskirts of Leuven. As I mentioned, it’s just a matter of selecting the distance and direction, choosing a recreational cycle route, and you get a proposal for a route. I had to pull it to the south a little as I wanted to go through the Heverlee woods to the south of Leuven, but that was all the tinkering necessary. Here’s the map of the route, followed by some pictures.
First stop: Maria Hemelvaart church in Winksele. Dates back to the 12th century but was renovated in the 18th.Over the E314 motorway, with University College Leuven & Limburg (UCLL) in the distanceHospital fire stationLeuven university hospital, campus Gasthuisberg, where three of our four children were bornUniversity buildings with the IMAC Tower in the background. IMAC is one of the world’s leading nanotechnology research facilitiesThe River DyleMore university buildingsInto Heverlee woods, a great area for walking and cyclingUnder the tunnel under the E40
Heverlee War Cemetery contains 977 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 37 of them unidentified, and 29 First World War burials Leuven Evangelical Theology FacilityFinal resting place for the local nunsThe mill of the Park AbbeyThe Park Abbey, which is in the middle of a major renovation projectTransportable milking shedHeading down towards Leuven railway stationThe local breweryThe start of the Leuven-Mechelen canalCanoeists on the canal. Canaloeists?The canal towpath is a popular cycling route. Actually on Sunday mornings in particular it can be quite crowdedLocal food processing facilityFields close to home
So that was the cycling the outskirts of Leuven route I took. Feel free to join it anywhere along the route, where it’s most convenient for you. You can download the map and the GPX track from my page over at RouteYou. Any questions, just contact me or comment below. And for new cycling or walking routes, add your email below:
Lots of interesting stuff on this tour, I’ve never seen a portable milking shed before. The abbey looks beautiful, especially the mill. The trees along the River Dyle look so odd – – someone must prune them into that shape (?)
Yes Robert, the leaves are growing back after being pollarded. And I’m looking forward to when the abbey is renovated. Sometime mid 21st century probably!
Lots of interesting stuff on this tour, I’ve never seen a portable milking shed before. The abbey looks beautiful, especially the mill. The trees along the River Dyle look so odd – – someone must prune them into that shape (?)
Yes Robert, the leaves are growing back after being pollarded. And I’m looking forward to when the abbey is renovated. Sometime mid 21st century probably!
I’ve never seen a milking shed before! Your photos are stunning, especially the one with the poppies in the field.
Thanks Joy. Yes I guess it’s sometimes easier to take the shed to the cows rather than the cows to the shed.
If we got to Stella Artois that might be the end of our cycling tour. This is a lovely scenic route, with so much to see along the way.
Well that would be a good place to end it Carol, especially as they do guided tours.