Month: June 2018

Having toured now for two weeks, we thought it would be good to give an update on some of the equipment we have used and our experiences in the Netherlands. My report is first, then Klaus’s in German below. Helen’s Report The Milan GT Velomobile The Milan is not a touring Velomobile. It is designed… Continue reading NL2018 – Thoughts on Velomobile touring in the Netherlands

Saturday 23 June 2018 Here is our planned route for the day: And here is the actual route we rode: We slept really well in the very lovely B&B de Pingerhoeve and enjoyed a tasty breakfast. Our ride today would be just 90km so there was no major rush to get going. We packed the… Continue reading NL2018 Day 15: Nuth to Kempen

Friday 22 June 2018 Three weeks ago I planned our route for the day: However, due to my broken spoke and dislike of hills, I decided to do an alternative much shorter route that avoided the worst of the hilly bits. Klaus wanted to try the original route. There will be a ride report from… Continue reading NL2018 Day 14: Maastricht to Nuth

Thursday 21 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: We had a good night’s sleep and then enjoyed an excellent breakfast in our little B&B. everything was really well presented. We had contacted the Vrienden op de Fiets place where we would be staying tonight and they had said we couldn’t arrive… Continue reading NL2018 Day 13: Weert to Maastricht

Wednesday 20 June 2018 Here is our planned track for the day: Today was planned as another shorter day at 80km. After a good breakfast with John and Marieke we headed off at just past 9am. Today was another day of mixed road surfaces. We had some fast roads but also lots of bumpy cycle… Continue reading NL2018 Day 12: Tilburg to Weert

Tuesday 19 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: After a hearty breakfast we packed up all our belongings. Unfortunately the clothes we had washed yesterday afternoon hadn’t dried and overall our clothing is getting a bit whiffy. This isn’t the end of the world but it is one of the discomforts… Continue reading NL2018 Day 11: Roosendaal to Tilburg

Monday 18 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: A short report for today as it’s my birthday and I want to enjoy a relaxing evening with Klaus! We left our brilliant B&B at 9am and headed off in a light drizzle towards Burgh Haamstede itself and then further south towards Middelburg.… Continue reading NL2018 Day 10: Burgh Haamstede to Roosendaal

Sunday 17 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: However, Alex had sent us an updated route a few days before that he thought might suit us better. Through the marvels of technology we were able to get this new route onto our Garmins. We had an early start today so had… Continue reading NL2018 Day 9: Den Haag to Burgh Haamstede

Saturday 16 June 2018 This was our first and only rest day on the tour. We probably didn’t actually need it as we were well into the rhythm of cycling and life is simple when you are on a bike tour – eat, sleep, ride – but we had planned to stop here and it… Continue reading NL2018 Day 8: Rest Day in Den Haag

Friday 15 June 2018 Spotted by a friend this morning, our tour is mentioned on Ligfiets.net: This was our planned route for the day: We slept well and had a bit more of a lie in as breakfast didn’t start until 8:30. Although there were some odd things about the hotel, the breakfast was very… Continue reading NL2018 Day 7: Egmond to Den Haag

Thursday 14 June 2018 Following our issues with the battery charger yesterday I sent an email to Velomobiel.nl asking them to send a replacement charger to Alex in Rotterdam (we would be seeing him on Sunday). They said that was no problem but I was still a bit nervous (don’t know how reliable the Dutch… Continue reading NL2018 Day 6: Harlingen to Egmond

Wednesday 13 June 2018 Here was our planned track for the day: We had a good night’s sleep in our caravan but the washing that had been hanging in the bathroom had not dried unfortunately. I put my items in a plastic bag to try to dry them this evening, Klaus put his wet clothes… Continue reading NL2018 Day 5: Groningen to Harlingen

Tuesday 12 June 2018 Here was our planned track for the day: But first, a couple of things I forgot to mention in my blog yesterday. We were lucky enough to see a stork flying overhead as we were on our way to Nordhorn. On our ride today we saw a pole with a stork… Continue reading NL2018 Day 4: Hardenberg to Groningen

Monday 11 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: But we actually ended up doing this route: As you can see, the route changed to pass south of Enschede (route supplied by Gert) and then we did a unplanned diversion to Nordhorn in Germany. We didn’t sleep brilliantly despite our lovely accommodation… Continue reading NL2018 Day 3: Haaksbergen to Hardenberg

Sunday 10 June 2018 This was our planned route for the day: In fact, even before we set off from Kempen we had adjusted today’s route slightly. This is because cycling chum Gert who lives near Haarksbergen told us that there were roadworks and road closures and sent us an alternative track; this was 2km… Continue reading NL2018 Day 2: Nijmegen to Haaksbergen

Saturday 9 June 2018. Here was our planned route for the day: I had spent quite a while planning this tour, including the track (using suggestions from Dutch friends Roef and Alex) and where we would stay overnight (a mixture of Hotels/B&Bs and Vrienden op de Fiets). The accommodation proved not so easy at times.… Continue reading NL2018 Day 1: Kempen to Nijmegen