WITH ITS TRIBUA great bike outing
Want to pedal with family and friends?
The expedition starts at home! Check your bikes, fill your water bottle and backpack, pack your patches just in case, read the route description and let’s go!
The adventure starts from the Val’Escaut marina, helmet on: off we go!
Once you’ve reached the Cité des Congrès, follow the Escaut to the railroad bridge: a blue “Boucle Un’Escaut” sign awaits you: this will be your “blue” thread throughout the ride.
First climb over the bridge to change banks!
A few good pedal strokes later, helmets screwed on and hair blowing in the wind, your mini peloton arrives in Bruay-sur-Escaut. Here again, a little tip for taking the right track! At the top of the bridge, don’t be surprised – take the path on your right!
Blue signposts all along the way invite you to discover some lovely detours through the mining towns, the Etang de la Gare d’Eau in Bruay, and the Parc Joliot Curie in Fresnes-sur-Escaut. But be sure to remember the route you’ve taken, so you can get back on the loop more easily!
When you reach the Fresnes-sur-Escaut lock, stop to admire the view over the canal – a barge may be passing by! Take the opportunity to hydrate and look at the map! You’re not far from the Chabaud Latour leisure park!
Get back in the saddle, but be careful! After the bridge, you’ll enter an urban area, in single file, so be careful when crossing the streetcar tracks! This is the only place where vigilance is required.
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