It was a great tour

It was a great tour. The guides were great, the boat very nice, the food wonderful and the drinks reasonable. A few suggestions for improvement. Eliminate the boat tour in Ghent. It was cramped, boring and the loud speakers on the boat were not working so unless you were sitting right next to the captain you heard nothing. Also, when making a stop to point out an item of interest or give instructions to the bike riders the guides began speaking before the entire group had reached the site. So if you chose to ride in the back of the group or were the official “sweeper” (the person riding in the back of the group with a radio to make sure no one got lost) you often did not here the guide’s discussion. On several occasions while riding as sweeper I had to ask other members of the group if the guide said anything important.