Getting lost and bumping around - near Leiden

Bicycle: 22 km 
Riding time: 1:23 h
Total ascent: 22 m
Avg speed: 15.8 km/h
Max speed: 25.2 km/h

Route: Leiden - Oegstgeest - Rijnsburg - nearly Voorhout and back to Leiden

Weather: Cloudy and humidly warm, 20 C

Earlier in the day it was a bit raining, but now in the afternoon the chance of rain per my new weather app (Buienradar) was minimal so I set out to a ride. My plan was more or less to ride to Oegstgeest - Noordwijk - Sassenheim and back to Leiden, but already at Oegstgeest I lost my way (well, I didn't really "have" a way, but I still lost it. I wanted to ride along from one knooppunt to the next... but well, didn't see the turn and turned in a completely wrong direction.)

This in itself would not really have been a problem, as I did not have any special objective for this late afternoon ride, but I ended up riding quite a lot of the time through small cities. And unfortunately quite often in towns the bicycle paths are not asphalted but rather paved with stones... which simply doesn't make for a smooth ride.

I know I am complaining here on a high level. In Japan I would have been thrilled to have such nice cycle lanes... but getting spoiled is very easy.

I continued on and at about km 10 refound my way and also a bicycle path through the countryside that was better to ride... and where I stopped to take this picture of animals standing around in the landscape:

An activity to which a lot of Dutch animals are very prone. 

But I am not a Dutch animal so I cycled on and then at around km 15 returned back home to Leiden, along a cycle path that was better to ride (asphalted) but not so nice, as it was just alongside a mid-size road.

Well, not the best rides possible around Leiden, but still, a ride.