Minus Nine

The Netherlands is in the grip of an extreme cold spell resulting from Storm Darcy which has swept across much of Europe this week. There

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Teveren

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.

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January

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

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Vaals

Today I had a nice, but cold, 36 km cycle ride to the south and west of Heerlen. It was minus 1 degree when I

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Rimburg

My 40 km cycle ride today took me to the north and east of Heerlen, including a few kilometres in nearby Germany. Snow is forecast

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Wilhelminaberg

This morning I took advantage of a break in the stormy weather to take a 5.5 km cycle ride. It might have been short in

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Ter Worm

Today I had a nice 32 km cycle ride to the east of Heerlen. The light snow that fell at the weekend has disappeared and

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Local Walk

Cycling in sub-zero temperatures is not much fun. Factor in the wind chill at my normal riding speeds of around 25-30 km/h and the whole

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Cranenweyer

Today’s 13 km cycle ride was my first outing of 2021. It was also the first opportunity I’ve had to explore my new surroundings, having

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Twenty Twenty

What a year 2020 has been. Covid-19 has infected tens of millions of people all over the world, almost two million of whom have subsequently

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