For me, the anticipation started as I began imagining the route. Armed with GPSies and Google Streetview I spent hours meticulously plotting a route. For this occasion I devised a number of principles:
- from A to B instead of a round
- the Luxembourg region of Mullerthal with its technical trails could not be missed
- and neither could France
The result: 160 km and 3200 meters of altitude from Bettembourg in the south to Clervaux in the north.
I told my friend Wim Reynaerts about the plan with enough enthusiasm that he jumped at the chance to join me. And so it was that early on a summery Monday morning we picked up our bikes, a pair of Orbea Terras, and drove from the Netherlands to Clervaux where we took the bicycle-friendly train to the south.