I’m on a biking holiday — first time I’ve done such a thing. Here’s a short summary of what’s happened so far:
Day 6: Breda – Spike City
Bike counter settings:
| begin: | 378km |
| end: | 452km |
| cumulative avg: | 19.2km/hr |
| route: | Terheide, Helkant, Wagenberg, Hooge Zwaluwe, Lage Zwaluwe, Moerdijkbrug, knooppunt 41, bike route LF12 till knooppunt 04, Spijkenisserbrug. |
This day, I passed “my” monument (at the Moerdijk bridge) — it’s mine because it’s from my birthyear. It was also the first day where I followed the ANWB fietsroutenetwork (well, partially). There were loooong stretches of straight roads through peaceful, natural environments. Would’ve been even better with less headwind — I guess you can’t win ’em all. At one point, a heron crossed the cycle path, and even though I came from its right, it refused to give me right of way and just moved stately out of the way. Yeah, nature was all over me.
I was supposed to have dinner with my niece, uncle and aunt, but unfortunately, the latter two could not join. Had a very nice dinner with my nephew and niece instead, and long chats with my niece on life, the universe and everything.
While the first part of the trip was cool for the achievements (actually making it to NL, for example), by now I really started to enjoy the part where I got to spend some quality time with some very nice people. I don´t usually get this opportunity, and while I didn´t plan it for this purpose, it is a major upside.