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Blossom cycle photos and route. You could always try it yourself!
Posted in blossom, cafe, castle, cycle, Outing, Uncategorized on May 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It was a perfect day! The first ten minutes found us circling a roundabout and sporting a perplexed frown until we discovered that all the signs were pointing the wrong way! Once on the right path there was nothing to complain about. It was heavenly and if you missed it, don’t worry, below is the route which is well worth the effort with or without blossom. Give it a try.
We started at Kesteren station, followed the beautiful Rijnbaandijk, hived or is that hove off into Lienden for a beer and a coffee (not mixed) then back along the dijk, across the Neder Rijn by ferry and onto Amerongen castle for tea and appelgebak. Homeward bound, we took another small ferry back across the river and joined up with our original route for the ride back to the station and the comfort of our car seats! In 6 hours we had covered about 30 km at a reasonably leisurely pace with plenty of stops. A wonderful day! Thanks go to www.planjeroute.nl for the excellent map.
Blossom cycle ride on Sunday 5th May
Posted in blossom, cycle, Rail Travel, tagged cycle trip, day out, doodle, meet, outing on April 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Hopefully this year our timing will be just right for spotting some blossom. I was hopelessly late last year and had almost completely missed it, though you will see from the photos that it was very pretty indeed.
The plan:
We are going to drive down with our bikes on our bike rack.
We’ll meet at Kesteren station as it is on the cycle route, between 12.00 and 12.15.
According to NS there is free parking there but I’m sure we can find somewhere nearby if necessary.
If you want to travel with your bikes by train, it looks to me as if the train from Den Haag via Utrecht to Rhenen might be faster with a 12 minute cycle across the Neder Rijn to Kesteren.
The blossom route I took last year was about 20km but we can play it by ear (or bottom!)
If you would like to join us sign up here so that we can exchange mobile numbers and
see who we need to wait for at the meeting point.
Blossom?! What blossom?
Posted in birds, cycle, woods on May 15, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Remind me next year that we need to go 2 or 3 weeks earlier. So how about the queens birthday or thereabouts?
Anyway it was all very pretty.
I cycled through Ochten, Alst, Kesteren, Lienden and Ommeren along a lovely path on top of the dike.
The Eiland van Maurik looked interesting. In the car on the way there and back I crossed the Lek and Neder Rijn on two lovely little ferries.
Must go back to Amerongen which I passed through at 7 in the evening. It had a stunning looking castle, pretty little streets and lots of tempting looking cafes and restaurants.
At last! Some blossom.
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Pedal Power to Katwijk on Monday 5th August?
Posted in beach, cafe, cycle, dunes, Your Comments, tagged Beach, cafe, cycle trip, day out, dunes, meet, outing, your comments on August 1, 2013| 1 Comment »
It looks as though the sun will still be with us on Monday so how about a bike ride to Katwijk. (for those of us not slaving away in an office or escaped the country!)
There will, of course, have to be several enforced stops at cafes etc along the route! CLICK HERE for route map.
I’ll start in Marlot at 10.00. If you would like to start with me in Marlot or join at Meijendel or Wassenaarseslag then leave a comment in the box below and we’ll work out the logistics together.
If anyone else wants to organise a departure point from Voorschoten, please feel free to add a comment too.
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