Cycling around Slypskapelle

You leave at the church of Slypskapelle (intersection Waterstraat – Strobomestraat) on KP 48 (V) and cycle via the Waterstraat, direction KP 66. Ignore the side streets and after the end of the agglomeration sign of Slypskapelle head into the open landscape. In the distance you can already see the church of Dadizele. You bolt past a brick chapel and at the fork on the left choose a road with one-way traffic, which you can enter by bike. Ignore the road to a large farm on the left and follow the Waterstraat to the end. Turn right through the centre of Dadizele. Ignore all side streets until just before the church, on KP 66, you can turn left into Remi- Dewittestraat towards Menen and KP 70. You cycle along the park Mariënstede and leave all side streets to the left until you reach a roundabout. Continue straight onto Menenstraat.

At the crossroads with a chapel on the right, you make a left-right nod and continue cycling through the Menenstraat. At the intersection with the Bakkerhoekstraat you cycle straight past the chapel with the stepped gable. It is one of the three chapels that used to belong to the Grote Ommegang, a religious procession. Continue cycling to the T with KP 70. Turn left towards KP 4. Stairs up to the N32. Cross it and continue your way to FP 4. Turn left and follow the old railway bed of line 65, direction KP 30. Line 65 connected Roeselare with Menen between 1889 and 1950. It continues on a cycle path through an open, agricultural landscape with a lot of horticulture. You cross two streets, cycle past a few football fields and arrive in Ledegem in the Stationsstraat. Turn right and at the first intersection, on KP 30, left the Sint-Pietersstraat in the direction of KP 44. Just past restaurant Cycloon with a large parking lot you cycle again onto the old railway bed. It continues to enjoy the wide cycle path between fields and meadows.

You cross two streets and after a grove you come to the third cross street on KP 44. Continue straight towards KP 39. After a left-right nod you come to a concrete square. Follow the street to the left until the end. Turn right, still towards KP 39. Ignore the Meerlaanstraat immediately on the left and continue cycling until you reach Ieperseweg. Right. You bolt past the end of the agglomeration sign of Beitem and just past vzw Inagro, turn left into the Plasstraat. You cycle past greenhouses and between leek fields. Ignore a road on the right, cycle past a farm and turn right at the first quadrangle into Dadizelestraat. At the junction with a large chapel you choose left, continue cycling on a narrow asphalt road and you pass nature reserve De Kleiputten.
On the T after that you come to FP 39. Turn left towards KP 69. You now cycle through the Bergstraat and bolt a bit over cobblestones in a gently undulating landscape. On the T turn left and immediately after turn right into Gentstraat. At the fork after the agglomeration sign of Zilverberg turn left. You still cycle through the Gentstraat. Ignore a street on the right and after the end of the Zilverberg agglomeration sign, take the first street on the right, the Kleine Zilverstraat. Follow it until you reach the N32. On the right you see the church of Zilverberg. Cross the Menensesteenweg and continue cycling through the Zilverstraat between greenhouses and fields. At the first fork, take Duivelshoekstraat on the right. Follow it to the quadrangle with FP 69. Turn left towards KP 45. You now cycle through the Knokuilstraat. At the first intersection turn left into Kasteelhoekstraat, past a white villa and leek fields. Meander further through the rural surroundings, past a grove and a castle domain. There you come to FP 45. Turn right towards KP 75. You cycle through a lane with young native oaks, ignore a road on the right, turn left and cycle between fields.

Ignore all the side roads and bulb further between meadows, horticulture and along a grove. The landscape becomes gently undulating again. Then turn right into the Teerlingweg and cycle past Metaalconstructies Vandervelde until you reach the T. Left. You bolt past a farm with a chapel built against it, leave a side street with a mirror on the right and continue cycling along greenhouses to the T. Turn right to the priority road with the agglomeration sign of Moorslede. Turn right again, past the end of the Moorslede agglomeration sign and turn left at the roundabout, direction Moorslede. You pass a Moorslede agglomeration sign and follow the wide road with a dotted line cycle path on each side to the village of Moorslede. Turn right into the narrow Diepestraat. After a few houses and the end of moorslede you descend between the horticultural crops with a beautiful view in front of you. On KP 75, leave a road and cycle straight ahead towards KP 5.

You will pass plant nursery De Nachtwaker and wind along with the road through the landscape. At the old railway bed you are on KP 5 and you continue cycling straight towards KP 35. Leave a road on the right and then follow the arrow to Passchendaele on the left. You cycle through the Kraaiveldstraat, past a lonely brick chapel and follow the narrow asphalt road to Passchendaele without caring about the side roads. Never forgotten soldiers Cycle next to the church to the T. Just turn left and on the square at the church turn right. Past the town hall, café Drum and free primary school De Fontein to KP 35. Turn left towards KP 29, through the Grenadiersstraat, past the Dorpshoeve until the intersection with the white chapel. Turn right through Canadalaan to the square with the Crest Farm Canadian Memorial Here the Canadian soldiers and the capture of Passchendaele in 1917 are commemorated by a block with orientation arrows that we send to Zonnebeke, 's Graventafel and Sint-Juliaan, places where you will also find a memorial of the Great War. Cycle around the square and descend. On KP 29, leave the Bornstraat on the right and cycle straight ahead, towards KP 36. On the T turn left through the Tynecotstraat to the impressive Tyne Cot Cemetery from WWI. A short visit to this military cemetery is an absolute must. Then continue cycling to the fork and follow Tynecotstraat to the left. At the next fork it continues to the right, so almost straight ahead. But you can also cycle to the left to view the Tyne Cot Cemetery along the entrance from the car park.

Continue cycling to KP 36 at the junction with the old railway bed. Continue straight towards KP 68. Cross the N303 and continue cycling through the Mispelarestraat. Ignore all side roads and pedal further through the open agricultural landscape to the intersection with the Moorsledestraat. Cross it and follow the Dragondersstraat, still towards KP 68. You bolt gently undulating and winding between some farms and climb to the next intersection with a farm on the right corner on the other side. Follow the Spilstraat to the left. In spring and summer you can see a striking amount of leeks, cabbages and sprouts in the fields. The Spilstraat turns into the Keibergstraat and you end up on another road with a field cross and an information board about the legend associated with this place. Turn left, so almost straight ahead, direction Moorslede. Ignore a street on the right and at the junction with the nameplate Moorslede, you come to KP 68. Keep left and cycle towards KP 88. Then turn right into Zonnebekestraat. Don't worry about side roads and continue cycling between corn, leek and celery fields until you reach the intersection with café Waterdam. Cross the road and cycle past dumoulin through the Waterdamstraat. Cross two crossroads and enjoy the beautiful views. Continue cycling to the T with KP 88. Turn right, direction KP 48. You cycle through the Slypsstraat, ignore a road on the left and cycle on the T, turn left. Then take the Waterstraat on the right and cycle to the church of Slypskapelle.