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Final part of the NSCR
May 2026, we'll fly to Bergen (Norway) for our last leg of the North Sea cycle route. The 1450 km track completes the full cycle around the North Sea, in total somewhere between 6.000 and 6.500 km's. We started in 2017 and did different parts of the route in 2019, 2021 and the last one in 2025 covering Scotland and England. The current plan is to finalise the NSCR and board a ferry in Göteborg (Sweden), sailing to Kiel in Germany where we take a train to Aachen near the Belgi
Feb 21


Fiets en Wandelbeurs, Gent
On february 28, we'll be at the Bike&Hike fair in Gent on the Santos stand. Let's see if someone recognizes us from the current magazine of the Vakantiefietser in Belgium and the Wereldfietser in the Netherlands.
Feb 21


Art Cities route - Belgium
Sometime in December, we're planning to cycle part of the Art Cities route in Belgium. It's one of the 9 "Flanders Iconic cycle routes" and goes from Brussels to Leuven, Mechelen, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Ostend. We probably just cycle up to Ghent and return on day 5 back home. The intention is to combine the cycling with visiting at least 1 museum in each city, using our Belgian Museum pass. No dates set yet as it really also depends on the weather. If it does not work ou
Dec 1, 2025


Week 3 - North Shields to London
Day 15 - Burnham Market to Norwich - 81km: Yesterday, it was the first time that we were in a hotel where also other cyclists were staying, we are definitely not in the tour cycling season. Today's target destination is Norwich, around 80 km. When we were at Restrap, they told us that this part of the route would not have any steep climbs anymore and we are confident that we can easily manage distances between 80 and 100 km with our lighter packing and gravel bikes. When we l
Oct 6, 2025


Week 2 - North Shields to London
Day 9 - Scarborough to Wansford - 75km: The day starts more or less similar like yesterday, a road sign warns us that we’re having a 16% inclination for the next 3/4 mile. Easy. It afterwards goes down to Bridlington where we have lunch. Between Bridlington and Driffield, the NSCR goes via “The Way of the Roses”, a long distance coast to coast route fromYorkshire to Lancashire. The path is named after the War of the Roses between Lancaster (red rose) and the House of York (wh
Sep 25, 2025


Week 1 - North Shields to London
Day 1: To our start point in the UK. We first take a train from our hometown to Amsterdam. From Brussels midi station, there is a fast train on which you make a reservation for your bike. You can cycle to IJmuiden from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam south train station or you can connect in Schiphol to Amsterdam central station (what we did). Arriving in Amsterdam, first apple cake with coffee and then around 25 km to the ferry terminal in IJmuiden to board the ferry to Newcast
Sep 18, 2025


Other gear for our September trip
For the continuation on the North Sea Cycle route from Newcastle to London, we have decided to go as light as possible. We will be using...
Sep 1, 2025


September 2025
It's decided. In September, we will again take the ferry to Newcastle, this time to continue on the North Sea Cycle route, direction...
Aug 3, 2025


Why a Blog page
In December 2024, Meta changed the rules for retrieving content of Instagram in to a website. This is now restricted to Business or...
Jan 28, 2025
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