The draft routes are available to view. If you have any comments, please do shout or create a new route version if there’s improvements you’d like to make. Note that these are draft, I would hope any amendments can be made over the next few days, and we’ll have confirmed routes by next weekend.
Fri -
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30951617Sat -
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31000443Sun -
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31001098 Friday 13th SeptFerry docks at 8am. Disembarkment is usually a rapid process, so we should aim to meet at the bus stops where we have congregated in previous years. I’ll explain to newcomers how to get there beforehand, but we should aim to have somebody with you to ensure nobody gets lost. Hopefully we’ll be cycling by 8:30am.
55km - waterfront at Dordrecht - a few bars to chose from, all with outdoor seating looking out across the water
- arrive about 11am
- aim for a 30 minute stop
63km - ferry
83km - ferry
99km - Ons Trefpunt -
http://www.onstrefpunt.nl - old school cafe, looks superb
- arrive about 1:30pm
- lunch stop
- aim for 1 hour stop
114km - ferry
130km - ferry
138km - De Korenmolen, Blauwesluis -
https://www.korenmolen.nl - bar/restaurant next to a windmill
- arrive about 4:30pm
- refreshment stop
- aim for 30 minutes
166km - Hotel Courage, Nijmegen
- arrive about 6:30pm
- plenty of restaurants a short walk from the hotel, either just along the river front, or across the park
With 4 ferries during the day, I’m expecting we might finish about 1 - 1.5 hours later.
Saturday 14th SeptThe National Cycle Museum ‘Velorama’ is next door to the Hotel Courage where most of us are staying. Assuming that most wish to visit that, the logistics would be:
- museum opens at 10am
- €6 entry fee
- hotel checkout is 11am, so presume we’ll checkout and be able to keep bikes secure until we finish at the museum
- aim to start cycling at between 11:30 & 12:00
38km - Bar - Herberg D’n Brouwer Eten in Zeeland
- housed in a former brewery, this place is now a bar and restaurant with hotel facilities
- could be a nice place for refreshment stop + lunch
- bike parking outside church opposite
- plenty of outdoor seating (or indoors, as weather dictates)
80km - Hotel Guldenberg 's-Hertogenbosch
- either
- relax in the hotel restaurant and bar, or
- take taxis into ’s-Hertogenbosch
Sunday 15th Sept39km - De Zevende Hemel, Terheijden
- cafe, opens at 11am
- aim to arrive at 11am
- 30 minute stop
68km - Restaurant Bellevue, Willemstad
- arrive about 1:00pm
- lunch stop, maybe 2 hours?
69km - ferry - or bridge diversion if ferry not operating
106km - Smaak & Meer, Maassluis
- good beer selection, plus food
118km - Torpedoloods, Hoek
- possible option if arriving at the ferry terminal early
- beer and nibbles
@quixoticgeek - assuming this is pretty much the final plan, let us know which rendezvous point would work for you