Ronde van Nederland(ish)

[CopperBrompton]

Good read and some nice pics. Ive always fancied doing a tour of holland, maybe next year

It's my favourite place to cycle. The North Sea Route would be my top recommendation there.

 

[Shaunthesheep]

Great blog thanks for shareing.

 

[CopperBrompton]

The video (which won't work on mobile devices due to the music industry not realising they exist ...)

 

[Kins]

Did you see any other recumbents while you were over there. Some riders didn't have give you a strange look.

 

[CopperBrompton]

There are certainly more recumbents in the Netherlands than here in the UK, but they are still a relatively unusual sight. The trike still gets attention, just less so than in the UK.

 

[A-lexandre]

I'm going to the Netherlands this summer as well. I thought of planning my way through but I think I'll just head on north from Maastricht until I find some water :-)
Then maybe go left to the polders and Amsterdam, and go back in the general direction of Antwerp/Belgian Limburg (or maybe head to East Flanders and the Belgian coast, who knows). I thought that if I plan this trip too much, there won't be much space left for adventure.
I thought of taking the natural campsite pass to sleep around in the country. Has any of you used that in a previous trip?
Home - Stichting Natuurkampeerterreinen
It looks nice on paper, but I'm afraid of it being too crowded.
I also heard of hard-to-locate wild camping sites, I guess it's worth a try.

 

[CopperBrompton]

No contradiction between planning and adventure IME. And if an opportunity happens along, there's no law that says you have to stick to your plan. :-)

 

[Kins]

My plan is to head to the town twinned with mine. Thats it. Other than booking ferries, thats the total part of my plan.

 

[CopperBrompton]

I still think no-one has beaten the plan of the two guys I met on the train to the ferry, whose plan was to wake up each morning and cycle downwind. :-)

 

[CopperBrompton]

And for anyone who wants to see the entire ride, here it is in time-lapse form :-)


View: http://youtu.be/Ki8E3F5rXpk