Tag: Benelux 2011

Not everything is scenic in the traditional sense (industrial park outside Dordrecht at night)

Another scenic rural cycle path

Well, this route won’t work. At least it’s only 7pm…

minimal drawbridge. not totally sure where I am.

bleating baby goats, near Oude Leede

Coffee and Vermeer break in Delft

This morning I spent an amazing few hours riding along rural bike paths, past canals, huge greenhouses filled with flowers, and small farms (a few sheep in a backyard here, a handful of llamas, chickens, or toy ponies there). I’m really happy right now. In Netherlands cycle route terms, I especially liked the segments joining knooppunten (numbered junctions where different bike paths intersect) 03, 20, 02, 07, 13, 59, 48.

In case you didn’t guess from the past few posts, I’m off on a biking adventure in The Netherlands and Belgium, something I’ve always wanted to do. Fair warning– there may be a lot of (quick) posts here in the next few weeks– I’m sending photos to this blog by email from my phone (kept charged by a bike-mounted solar panel). Or at least sending some when taking a coffee break somewhere with free wifi.

Bivy tent camping near Kijkduin by the ocean

waffle break after 5 hours of cycling