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...

Dirty Reiver 2026

130 or 200 that is the question🧐. The wait is over , winter training has been a challenge and the 200 seems a big jump for most of us as the Dunbar book of excuses gets a significant airing The cast top ten . 💯 man himself Rowan 9Doc (AMR) Lewis no excuses 8 Junior …...