Change of season ?

Did not ride much lately, mostly due to the bad weather. Since I got back from the Ecotrip, it has been raining most of the time and temperatures dropped quiet a bit. It feels more like autumn instead of summer the last days ... Whenever possible I tried to ride the XP between showers, which means no long rides at all. Hopefully the summer will not be completely gone and the sun will come back one of these days ....
Last week Sunday I took a ride to Lommel to visit the 2nd International Sand Sculpture Festival.
It was only a 20 mile ride one way and no signs of rain that day, so I took the XP to get there. It was my first time to visit sand sculptures and there were a few real nice sculptures I really liked/was impressed by. They charged an entry fee of 8 Euro's, which was way overpriced if you ask me. It only took you about half an hour to see every sculpture, so the exhibition was not that big. Anyway, it was a nice ride near the canal to Lommel and back and at least I took some pictures.

One of the most impressive sand sculptures

Tomorrow after my late shift at work I'll be off to Zutendaal. There will be a BBQ-ride for velomobiles on Tuesday ( 94 miles ), so I'll ride my Alleweder velomobile to get there and join the ride on Tuesday. My wife will take the car + trailer with her Kettwiesel tomorrow afternoon to get there, so the tent should be put up by the time I'll be there. She's planning to take part of the family ride on Tuesday, which is only around 25 miles. Let's hope the rain will stay away for a couple of days ....