I love the riding in Luxembourg. The contrast with British roads couldn't be greater: ours are a mess of traffic and potholes; theirs are quiet, smooth, immaculate from edge to edge… and the maps have so many appealing curves they're practically pornographic rather than cartographic.

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Obviously, as it's landlocked northern Europe you can't rush over there – going in early March last year was a mistake as we set off from Vianden in drizzly sleet and by the end of the afternoon were abandoning the bikes in a snowstorm. But as April heads into May, spring should be showing with flowers in the forests and lambs in the fields.

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When I was putting Europe for Bikers together, I had space for only one route in Luxembourg – it is a small country, after all. But I'd prepped two, trailed/retested for me by a local legend called Michael. He gave the nod to the other one, as this route hops over the border into Germany: it's a good ride, he said, but it's not all Luxembourg.

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But now it's live here – so if you're going to Vianden to ride my core Luxembourg route, now you can stay a second day to do this loop as well.