Stiphout
9 September 2020
Today I cycled 118 km to the north of Weert to explore the area around Nuenen in North Brabant. Vincent van Gogh lived in Nuenen
De Groote Peel
20 July 2020
My 57 km cycle ride this morning was a return visit to De Groote Peel National Park near Miejel, Limburg. Belfort Vossenburg, which I first
Maarheeze
28 June 2020
I decided to have a short ride of just 42 km today and instead of planning my own route I copied one from the internet,
Oirschot
22 June 2020
I cycled 127 km today, by far the greatest one day distance ridden since I started cycling again last year. Essentially, today’s ride was a
Heusden
21 March 2020
Today I continued my mission to practice safe ‘social-separation’, whilst exercising outdoors, as prescribed by the Dutch authorities in light of the corona virus pandemic.
Veluwepeel
7 February 2020
75 years ago today, on the night of 7th February 1945, two RAF Halifax bombers were shot down near Veluwepeel, on the edge of De
DAF Museum
4 February 2020
I let the train take the strain today for the 20 minute journey into the centre of Eindhoven. I’ve used the Dutch railways quite a
Vossenberg
30 January 2020
Vantage points are rare in the flat Dutch countryside so I was very interested to learn that a new observation tower has recently been constructed
America
23 November 2019
Decided to cycle to America today. It’s quite a long way from home so I set off before 9am in the hope that I would
Heythuysen
17 November 2019
On this day, 17th November, 75 years ago, the Leudal area of Limburg was liberated from German occupation by Allied forces. To commemorate this historic
