Just outside Brugge

Saturday May 9, 2009

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May 9th 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009 Back in the "saddle" and off for a bike ride. Today we started out along the canal to Nieuweg, this took us out the northwest side of Brugge. We went as far west as Plassendalebrug and came south to the town of Oudenburg. Had lunch at a picnic table outside the cathedral and then meandered through the countryside (Ettelgem, Zerkegem, Katteveld, Kroonhoek and Hermitage) be ... read more

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