Distance: 131km
Total: 3610km
The night was bad - slept badly, not because music when I went sleep, but in the morning motorway noise somehow kept me from getting proper sleep again. Day was hot from the morning, no chilly morning ride - specially as got 4th flat of the tour after only 10km. The cause of the flat is most likely driving on that bad surface double carriageway yesterday. Tube's side was damaged over longer distance, and my two patching attempts were in vain, so new tube is a go.
Heat was pretty intense on two longer uphills in the early day, then saw thermometer on roadside showing +35°C - must be broken or misplaced - then saw one on +34°C and later one on +33°C. Guess it was pretty warm summer day. Water usage was surprisingly hilariously high - was great idea to take 4 liters with me from the campsite in the morning and still had to get more on the way.
Landscapes kept getting flatter and road N93 had no major hills anymore. In Nivelles took longer break and listened church bells being played along some popular classical music - and this also for the new king. Soon after Nivelles found nice channel cycling lanes on both sides, also generally cycling lanes on roads becoming more frequent further northwest I go.
In the end of day, didn't manage to find campsite, so went to ask one B&B place about space and price - space they had and price was 53€ - quite way too expensive. They didn't know of campsite nearby either, so they did let me pitch my tent on nearby field and use bathroom/tap. Well better than stealth camping, not that finding suitable spot in over crowded land would be easy - only thing separating from bad campsite is the missing of shower.
So tomorrow should be a easy day...
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