Three bags of potato crisps and some 3,000 kilometres later: I am back in Belgium. I’ve done this long drive before, but not until now did I realise how many Dutch trails I’ve passed unknowingly, on those occasions with my bike in the luggage. Exits for Dorst, Hoenderloogroep and Enschede Zuid were this time particulary painful: I did not have my bike with me.
I rarely make the same mistake twice. I bought myself a relatively large-scale map of Holland. Back at home, I will sit down and mark down all trails from www.mtbroutes.nl on it, along with my usual route up north. The overview could even serve as inspiration for a separate Holland Tour perhaps?
Having spent some time with my ageing Dad, many days without Internet connection, and having unexpectedly appreciated this, I suppose life will get back to its normal routine now …
But what on earth happened to the weather here??
Source: www.meteo.be.