Cycling

Today’s cycle ride, just 25.4 km, was more of an errand than a ‘proper’ ride out. I had purchased an item on Marktplaats, the Dutch

There has been a lot of helicopter activity recently, at St. Jans Gasthuis, the medium sized regional hospital right next to our apartment block. They

Beuven is a large area of fenland near Someren in North Brabant. Today’s 54.3 km cycle ride, in glorious warm sunshine, took me past Someren

About 20 km into today’s cycle ride I took a short detour to take a look at Sarsven en de Banen, a wetlands nature reserve

One of the very first Dutch words I learned when I moved to the Netherlands was ‘Wijngaard’ (Vineyard), not least because I live in an

Today’s 71.2 km cycle ride was a loop mainly around North Brabant, via Meijel, Ommel & Someren-Eind. My planned route took me away from major

March has been a good month for my recreational cycling. The weather improved considerably during the second half of the month and I cycled on

Today’s 75.8 km cycle ride took me to the southeast of Weert as far as the river Maas at Wessem before heading northeast along the

Just a quick spin around the block today. It’s great how rapidly I can get out into the countryside from the centre of Weert and

Today’s 51.1 km cycle ride took me up into North Brabant, via the wildlife lakes of Kempen-Broek near Budel-Dorplein. Another warm sunny morning as I