CYCLING ACROSS AN ENTIRE COUNTRY | BELGIUM 🇧🇪 (pt1)

In July, after 4-months of sitting idle in lock-down, I found myself in need of a little adventure… so I set out to Cycle & Camp across Belgium 🇧🇪 … from the French 🇫🇷 border, across Belgium, and over into the country of Luxembourg 🇱🇺 . The adventure took 6-days and 428 KM of relentless pedaling.

WHY CYCLE ACROSS BELGIUM?
My rationale for this seemingly irrational trip was threefold…

1. Belgium is ‘Home’ 🇧🇪. Although I’ve been away working and traveling the world 🌎… Belgium has been my home for the last 10-years. My parents live here and I have my bedroom here. On-and-off, I’ve spent more than 1-year living in Belgium… so I thought why not get to know my backyard… and so I borrowed my Dad’s bike and hit the Belgian cycle paths 🗺.

2. I love cycling 🚴 and I enjoy the freedom that comes with camping 🏕️… so I thought why not merge both interests and go on a slow, sustainable, and socially distanced adventure. Cycling across a country has been on my Bucketlist for quite some time… moreover I wanted to prove to myself that I do not need to travel to a distant country and culture to have a rich experience.

3. The onset of COVID brought many things in my little world to a halt ✋. I found myself out of work and locked-out of the UAE 🇦🇪 (where I had been living)… I felt some cycling and solitude away from all negative news could do me no harm.

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WHO AM I?
My name is Conrad Richardson I am an urbanist and world traveler. I document people and places on our little oasis 🌍,. Through my content, I hope to inspire you to explore new countries and cultures.

00:00 – Intro
01:41 – Day 1: Belgium to France
06:50 – Day 2: Valenciennes to Mons
09:06 – Day 3: Mons to Namur (via Charleroi)