Cycling

I live only 5 km from the border with Germany. Today’s 58 km ride was almost exclusively over the border, exploring the back roads and

My cycle ride today was a nice 43 km wander around the forest trails of Brunsummerheide, to the north of Heerlen. This is a massive

February has been another month of extreme winter weather conditions here in the Netherlands. This has, of course, severely impacted on my planned cycling activities.

My 45 km ride today was fairly evenly split between South Limburg in the Netherlands and Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. I’ve often said I prefer cold

Another great day for cycling 39 km among the rolling hills of South Limburg. Temperatures peaked at 19 degrees as I struggled up and freewheeled

My first cycle ride of the week was a 38 km loop taking in the Dutch towns of Lemiers and Vaals. I also skirted around

Today’s 15 km cycle ride was, unusually, totally unplanned and spontaneous. This afternoon I was watching cycle racing online, from somewhere sunny in the south

14 days without a cycle ride is way beyond my patience threshold. Therefore my 56 km cycle ride today, in warm sunshine, was a very

Today’s warm, sunny, spring-like weather encouraged me to to take a 58 km cycle ride into Germany, my longest ride of the year so far.

January has been a month of extreme weather conditions here in South Limburg. Snow, sub-zero temperatures, torrential rain and high winds have swept across the