We awoke to bright sunshine and headed off about 9am. We were quickly onto a nice path that ran beside the canal. We spent most of the day on these paths with the occasional diversion into a town for morning tea or lunch.
It was also much warmer and our guide Fred was soon back into sandals without the socks.
We arrived in Tournai about 2.30 and spent 2 hours wandering around and seeing the sights. We watched a short video at the Tourist Information which explained about the various conquerors of Tournai over the last 2000 years – Romans, French, English, Dutch, Spanish and Germans.
A climb up the 257 steps to the top of belfry finished our day before we headed back to the barge which was moored right next to the last remaining part of the medieval wall that circled the city – the Pont des Trous. It was such a nice evening we had a drink on the top deck before dinner for the first time.
Route of today’s ride – Oudenaarde to Tournai – 44 kms