Bicycle: 38 km
Riding time: 2:20 h
Total ascent: 82 m
Avg speed: 16.1 km/h
Max speed: 34.6 km/h
Riding time: 2:20 h
Total ascent: 82 m
Avg speed: 16.1 km/h
Max speed: 34.6 km/h
Route: Leiden - Zoetermerr - Vlietland Park and back to Leiden
Weather: Gray and humid, but not raining, probably around 17 C
Today an other ride outside of Leiden. I had planned the ride on Garmin, but then it would not transfer from the computer to the device. I tried multiple times, but to no avail. So I set off without Garmin and just followed the knooppunt maps. Not really a problem. And I didn't even get lost.
It was notably cooler than the other day and totally gray. Every now and then I thought that it would start raining, but actually it never did. It felt however a bit like cycling in the middle of a cloud.
Once outside of Leiden things quickly get very much into country side. Some of the paths were really small and on one stretch even some sheep were lying on the cycle path peacefully munching on the grass. And not disturbed at all by a cyclist passing through them at mere centimetres.
Apart from the typical Dutch animals in landscape (cows, sheep, horses and goats among others), today there was a colony of ducks...
It was notably cooler than the other day and totally gray. Every now and then I thought that it would start raining, but actually it never did. It felt however a bit like cycling in the middle of a cloud.
Once outside of Leiden things quickly get very much into country side. Some of the paths were really small and on one stretch even some sheep were lying on the cycle path peacefully munching on the grass. And not disturbed at all by a cyclist passing through them at mere centimetres.
Apart from the typical Dutch animals in landscape (cows, sheep, horses and goats among others), today there was a colony of ducks...
... and a solitary pheasant.
Although the weather was not so perfect as the other day, the ride was quite nice. The area is much less cycled (or maybe only today because of the weather) and yes, somehow the landscape, always flat, is a little bit different. Also bike lane conditions is generally good, but only one stretch of road in Stompwijk that was very roughly paved.
Although the weather was not so perfect as the other day, the ride was quite nice. The area is much less cycled (or maybe only today because of the weather) and yes, somehow the landscape, always flat, is a little bit different. Also bike lane conditions is generally good, but only one stretch of road in Stompwijk that was very roughly paved.
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