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Thank you - just thankful to be still enjoying cycling at 76

@@janwillemfransens1177 Thanks for your comments - we're planning to cycle tour the east Netherlands next year 😀

That's really helpful info, Grace. I'm thinking of riding round the Water next week and it's useful to know how long it took you. Great video @ianrod3 as someone who's never visited before it's good to get an idea of the terrain.

We love North Holland too 😊

Glad you liked video - sound levels were not as intended

Thank you - we loved our stay in Texel 😃

We found Medemblik a delightful place - you are very fortunate to live there. Thanks for the invitation 🤣

Thank you - Vrienden op de Fiets hosts really made our holiday tour very special - each very different and each delightful.

Saw a few recumbents and trikes - but this was very distinctive 😊

Thank you - sorry about the music 🎶

​@@ianrod3don't be, the music fitts the trip very well. Liked it very much !

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it - appreciate your views on music choice

Den Helder is the base of the Dutch Royal Navy (Koninklijke Marine). There’s a rich history but also tragic for the inhabitants as you can imagine as a naval base during WW2. But the city recovered and lots of improvements are still being made to this day. Glad you enjoyed visiting!

We've done 3 tours in the Netherlands - from Belgium border - Zeeland - South Holland - North Holland and Texel. We've always found something new and fresh 😊

We had a great time - probably the best of our our three tours in the Netherlands. 😊

Thank you - we had an amazing time 😊

@@ianrod3 I specialy liked the way you pronounced some of names of places. (Eggmond lol) When I was young I did a lot of cycling, also in England and Scottland. Great memory's. Greetings.

Thank you - pronunciation not my best skill 🤣

We were prepared for the rain and wind 🌬️ - so we just enjoyed it 😂. The sunshine was a bonus! The best highlights were the people we met

Pirates of the Caribbean! 😁

Had the impression I was watching an Efteling documentary at times due to the music 🙈

Very poor choice of music. It's a video about a relaxing bike trip through the countryside, not some kind of heroic pirate video game.

Don't agree here, the music has a nordic touch to it and gives a historic feeling during the trip. (The pentatonic music-scale was also used in these area's, in the times of Jheronymus Bosch and Pieter Breughel....)

Thanks for your comment. I chose music which had pace and rhythm and a celtic/Scandinavian feel - as an expression of the joy we felt cycling around Holland and Texel. I'm not bothered by critical or negative views about my music choices - at 76 years old I'm grateful to have the health and desire for adventure and discovery. I will continue to enjoy the journey. 🤣👍

Thank you very much!

Thanks - Rustenburg was a delightful overnight stop and local restaurant "Golden Carp" (in English) was very good 😊

Thank you - I accept your point about Texel being part of North Holland. However, it is also part of the Wadden Sea island archipelago. It would have been better if I had identified it as the largest of the western Wadden islands. Den Helder is lovely place - we had planned to explore the area on our return from Texel but the rain and wind 🌬️ led to a change of plan. Maybe next time

In this case, Frisian refers to the ancient region not the current province. In English, the term "Frisian Islands" is more common for the entire chain of islands up until the Danish border. It's what the Wikipedia page is called. "Wadden islands" is less common. It's confusion caused by use of an exonym instead of an endonym. Technically the Dutch islands are called West Frisian Islands, even though they have nothing to do with the current region of West-Friesland.

Windy sure, but it felt invigorating 😂

Haha 😂

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for your comments

Ok, thanks

@@ianrod3 Yeah, it still is a bit important after 150 years of genocidal wars in the middle ages between the people in the north of Holland (West Frisians) and the Hollanders. The Netherlands did not exist yet at the time. You biked through a medeival war zone. After most young west Frisian men were killed, they finally had to surrender.

The Netherlands before the 80years-war was already, though part of the holy roman empire a cultural and linguistic entity (including what is now Belgium) West-frisia and frisians was already a thing before the middle-ages when frisians also invaded England....

Glad you enjoyed it!

Next time!

Hi, we booked in late Feb for the June tour. If you're in the UK membership is 10€ per year and membership runs from Jan to Dec. Membership gives access to the directory

Glad you enjoyed it!

hi, it's held every year - I think it may be fully booked for this year - check thejocoxway.org.uk/jcw2024/

Hi, moved to Huddersfield 11 years ago - some great cycling country - reckon on 1000 ft of ascent every 10 miles!

Thanks, hope you have a great time in September and the weather holds good!

Glad you enjoyed it. For route planning I used the Netherlands cycle nodes planner at www.fietsknoop.nl/fietsroute-planner. For accommodation I joined Vrienden op de Fiets (friends on the bicycle) at www.vriendenopdefiets.nl/en/ - this costs 10 euros per calendar year. Hope this helps

Thank you