October 2023 – Bike-A-Way

I’m finally ready for another biggish trip, starting from Couvin, in the south of Belgium and, all going well, ending in the north of Alicante province, Spain.

I’ve put a lot of energy in creating my route. So much that I ended up with five routes between these two destinations. Enough to look forward to in the future.

I’ll start with what I think will be the one but easiest route I have put together. Easy, cause I want my knees to make it to the end.

Excited to be on the road again. Here, in the train towards my starting point Couvin, a small village at the Begian – French border.

Starting from the train station in Couvin, I plan a very short first day and hope to find a decent camping spot early on. The good reason for this short day is a first interesting visit, In Brûly-de-Pesche, just south of Couvin. There is a bunker (Wolfsschlucht) in which Adolf Hitler and his high command resided from 6 till 28 June 1940 to prepare his battle against France and where the conditions for the French armistice were prepared.

The bunker on the terrain occupied by Hitler and his high command in June 1940.

Church in Brûly-de-Pesche in which the translation of the armastice in French was done the night of 20 to 21 June 1940.

Next day, after one last portion of Belgian fries, I hop over the border into France.

Since 2016, there are only 13 regions in (the European part of) France. This trip, Continue reading “France: Grand Est & Bourgogne – Franche-Comté regions”