Kustroute 2023

Today I completed the longest, most difficult and challenging cycle ride I’ve ever attempted. Details of the planned route may be found here. In total

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Route Planning

Last April I cycled the southernmost section of the Dutch Coastal cycle route (Kustroute). This was a distance of 211 km, spread over three days

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Mesch

Today’s 72 km cycle ride was a fairly hilly loop to the west of Heerlen, in the direction of Maastricht. I left home before 08:00

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Schinveld

Today was the first time since October 11th last year that I cycled outside, on real roads! I spent the winter maintaining fitness on my

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February

February saw the beginning of my cycling efforts for this year. Adverse weather conditions made cycling outdoors not so appealing which meant keeping fit on

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Drielandenpunt

Today we went for a drive to Drielandenpunt, where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. I really wanted to climb up the observation tower on

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Nine Pictures

Digital photography has always fascinated me. I first bought a digital camera back in 2002 and my online gallery at SmugMug contains over 22600 images

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Twenty Twenty Two

Twenty twenty two was something of a disappointing cycling year for me. In January I set myself the simple objective of cycling 8000 km in

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November

November saw the arrival of winter weather and therefore no outside cycling for me. Just as I did last winter, I resorted to using my

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October

October was a minimal cycling month for me, due to a combination of factors. Inclement weather was the main obstacle and then at the end

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