Every Monday in October and November I published an extra post with a ride. It’s December now and I published my nine rides, but isn’t that a strange number? Doesn’t 10 sound much nicer? All the rides were filmed this … Continue reading Bonus Ride in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
Billet en français Autumn is the time of year associated with decay, with rain and wind, but when the sun is out, shining from just over the horizon, on the leaves in many shades of red and brown, then everything … Continue reading Riding in Autumn
Rain, wind and bold colours. That is Autumn, well usually anyway. This year there hasn’t been much rain (the Netherlands is experiencing a severe draught) and the otherwise normal temperature drop has been postponed too, apparently. With temperatures of up … Continue reading Autumn Cycling
After a wet and cold September, we’ve experienced an incredibly warm mid-October. For this ‘short-post’ week I decided to put my camera right next to a cycle path in ’s-Hertogenbosch last Saturday and to simply record some random people cycling … Continue reading When autumn feels like summer
When I showed you people continue to cycle during a short and light summer shower in ʼs-Hertogenbosch, exactly three months ago, someone on YouTube commented: “You should make one in heavier rain! That is just a sprinkle!”. That person had … Continue reading Cycling on a rainy autumn day in Utrecht
This is my one hundredth blog post! When I realised it was coming up I thought it needed something special. Something outstanding, something golden or something … but I soon dismissed that thought. The posts which are generally loved most by all of you are the ones in which I show you something that couldn’t be more ordinary, or more mundane if you will, to us Dutch. So something normal it was to be and then nature helped me a bit. It is the ‘golden season’. Autumn in the Netherlands can be very grey and wet, but it has a … Continue reading A jubilee and ‘golden’ cycling
Cycling in Autumn often means cycling in the dark and in wet conditions. In the Netherlands the protected bike ways (separated cycle paths) prove usefull also under these circumstances. The paths are well lit and being away from motorised traffic … Continue reading Autumn Night Cycling (Netherlands)
The Dutch keep on cycling in fall. Even in rain, wind and early darkness they just keep on doing what they do all year long. Roads are swept clear of slippery leaves and umbrellas and special rain-suits keep the cyclists … Continue reading Autumn Cycling in the Netherlands
