This is just a part of the huge flood protection scheme the Dutch built to protect the east polders from a catastrophic flood like the one in 1958. Ria’s uncle Frans lost his leg and several people died during the construction.
This has to be quite the longest bridge I have ever crossed on a bike. We are in Oostkapelle for the long 1st November weekend. Yesterday 20km hike and today 80km road biking. Zeeland is known for its wind, but we have had no wind, sun and calm seas.
I was going over the old stuff again, reminiscing, and came across the film clip I made during our fateful attempt to ride the Annapurna Circuit in the rainy season. We crossed landslides, mudslides, rivers and went through waterfalls on the way. Never a dull moment 🙂
Non stop up to pfundererjoch. Really steep and not always rideable. Nearly killed me. The picture is Andy just before the saddle at 2500m
just arrived for a stopover in Calgary to get a mail from Herz telling me they don’t have a car for me! Brilliant. What should I do ? Walk?
I just deleted their app from my phone to be sure they don’t get my business I the future. Should have bought my bike!
At least KLM had excellent service on the flight here. Even bike on their goblets
train already late so I missed the connection in Utrecht and now the following train is also delayed. I hate train travel
Now there is a car on the line and the train isn’t going to get to Schiphol. Don’t know if I’ll catch my flight at all 😡
Just a good hour from my destination for tomorrow morning. Overnight in Cluny in a quaint Hôtel with cheap rooms and expensive food
At last I have managed to upload the photos of our summer tandem ride from Prague to Porec following the Benjaminse route.
We did 1,024km; 9,922m and were for 64h01min in the saddle. Really enjoyed the whole trip with Ria and Ronny I think Slovenia was the most surprising country. Great scenery, friendly people and really not touristic at all.
Next year we will be parking our tandem and going back to MTB for a TransAlp with a load of our MTB friends from our Saturday group. Should be goooood 🙂
Duvel 1,50€. Only the company is a bit quieter than elsewhere
I bought the Helinox chair one after our trip to Venice in 2013 because a chair was probably the thing I missed most. I then bought the Thermarest Compack chair because Ria also needs one 🙂
The Helinox plus points:
The Helinox minus points
The Thermarest plus points
The Thermarest minus points
We haven’t actually used either of them yet so I can’t give a winner today. The both have advantages and disadvantages, weight is always a concern but I want a comfortable chair and the Helinox is more comfortable.
We’ll see which is a winner after our trip from Prague to Porec…..