Green Divide Day 4

Return to Schiphol. I had no great expectations of today as it seemed like an “airport run “ , thought it would be all road albeit on cycling lanes. I was well wrong. Fantastic tracks mostly well separated from traffic , wonderful scenery all the way. Herself had to...

Green Divide Day 3

Garderen to Zwolle the official finish. ✅ Today’s route 90 odd km. Nice hotel last night , good food and wine that while adequate would have big plate running for cover…. Bilderburg Hotel I need to introduce the Galibier Cyanometer today as the sun came out. Looks a...

Green divide day 2

Nice meal last night in hotel and a reasonable breakfast although what’s left of Hugh Brennan would not have fared well looking for even a three piece fry. Grand apart from the flooding shower and the holographic receptionist. The legs not great after yesterday but...

The green divide Day 1

See also The Green Divide ( prelude ) in last post And Then There Were Three …… This says it all 3am taxi 🚕🤨 I am too old for these ridiculously early starts. But that’s not the only bad news. Our spiritual director / directeur sportif and beer sommelier John Harty is...
The Green Divide ( Prelude)

The Green Divide ( Prelude)

THE GREEN DIVIDE by Erwin Sikkens Full credit to Erwin “The GREEN DIVIDE is the longest – and above all greenest – start-to-finish forest offroad bikepacking route in the Netherlands. What started many years ago as an idea to ride the length of the Veluwe...