BY BERT STEPHANI
The weather has continued to be sub par lately and we’ve been longing for spring. A couple of storms came through our little country and wreaked havoc but that couldn’t stop the two of us to escape for a little cycling trip to Holland.
This is what our garden shed looked like after storm Eunice passed through. We suffered some other damage but luckily nobody got hurt.
We rented a cosy cabin in the Dutch countryside to just be away for a couple of days. Despite the very strong winds we still brought our bikes to hopefully go out and explore.
On day one we managed to do a 35km ride through wind and rain. The parts against the wind were like cycling with flat tires and stuck brakes. The parts with cross wind in the open country proved to be hard to stay upright, but I felt like a pro cyclist when the wind was in my back.
A very challenging obstacle
On the second day, the winds were still crazy but for the first time in ages the sun was out. So we went for a long 72km ride.
On the third day we had obligations back home so we couldn’t stay long. But we couldn’t leave without a last short ride.
The last 3 kilometers of the ride were against that crazy powerful wind again (for the cycling fans: I was pushing between 250 and 300 Watts to reach only 12km/h). By the time we got back to our car the rain came back with a vengeance to mark the end of this little trip.
And this also marks the end of my #kage202202 project. I’ll probably let it all digest a bit and follow up with what this project ment to me.