Cycling

Saturday’s 62 km cycle ride was a nice loop to the east of Heerlen through rural Germany to Blausteinsee. Blausteinsee is a 100 hectare artificial

Friday morning’s 36 km cycle ride took me to the north of Heerlen to Teverener Heide. This is a 450 hectare nature reserve immediately to

There are some really wonderful forest and woodland areas just over the border in Germany. For today’s 31 km cycle ride I headed south and

This morning’s 61 km cycle ride is the 50th logged ride I’ve completed this year. My route today was to the south and west of

Sunday morning’s 55 km cycle ride was an extremely windy affair. Wind speeds of 20-25 km/h would be great for sailing but not so friendly

Weather plays a significant part in my cycle route planning. I try to avoid setting off from home in the rain, mainly because I don’t

Today was not meant to be a cycling day but somehow I managed a quick 27 km ride this afternoon. It was a local ride

Today’s 55 km cycle ride was a little different to my normal routine. I combined two previously planned routes to make single route which started

Modder is the Dutch word for mud. My bike was thick with mud after Friday’s ride through Germany. So much so that the bike actually

July has been a great cycling month for me. Not only in terms of distance covered, which was the highest monthly total this year, but