It looks like it will be continue to be dry on Sunday which is good news. Indeed on Monday when I was checking out the route, parts of the Sentier du Bocq were a little slippery still. I have changed the route slightly as well - I don't want to walk up the Drève des deux triages, it really is annoying underfoot with my barefoot shoes! We will still leave on the other side of the Drève de Lorraine to David Lloyd as planned where the first memorial stone is located.
It is a short walk of around 1 hour 20 minutes but packed with many points of interest and some lovely paths which the cyclists can't use - a real boon on Sundays when they can be a bit of a nuisance to walkers. I love cycling in the forest myself but won't go at the weekends as I fear it is an accident waiting to happen. It certainly was for Mr. Roodenbeke just over a hundred years ago, as we shall discover. The featured plant is the Great wood-rush, Luzula sylvatica which lives up to both parts of its Latin name.
After finding a map of the short-lived Forest Railway (closed 1918 after just 16 years of use) I want to incorperate its route with the tumuli and a walk along the lovely Sentier de Vuylbeek. Unfortunately that will have to wait a bit as I saw in the Les amoureux de la Forêt de Soignes FB group that it had flooded. That'll have to wait for better weather.
Finally, I've noticed that a new map of the Forest is available - go to the National Geographic Institute's webshop for the 2024 edition. If you love maps they have some great ones there.