Bluesky Tour - Episode 5 - From Germany to the Netherlands

 (continued from Episode 4)

It's a cloudy and almost rainy Saturday, early July feeling like early winter at my birthplace but better than a full rainy Sunday that follows so I rush to make my way to my Dutch friends before weather treats me in the least Mediterranean way possible. Sorry guys, no pics or vids but wasn't a super exciting ride so you don't miss much anyway.

So heartwarming to meet again with Johanneke and Andrea here South of Eindhoven. Lovely people, lovely house, what more can I ask for. I'll be taking care of their nest and animals while they'll be away on vacations so that's 4 chickens and a diabetic cat plus lots of greenery that depend on the care I'll give them.

Wanna have a look?

  It's not my first time in this lovely town so I'm not gonna focus in it but you can check out my previous visits on my map (every pin with a walking/bike/plane symbol has a link with a post).

Johanneke writes down some recommendations about places to visit around and in a couple of days having everything in the house set while the weather allows drama free riding I set off.

Netherlands are flat and the highway unsurprisingly boring flooded with trucks:

On the other hand crossing those Dutch cute little towns is such a joy. Hence I gladly leave it behind:

You know you ride over Dutch soil when that's a casual road situation:

First stop at Knegsel:

That building in the background looks too important to me to not be on Google Maps but it's not:

Nice little town and the weather is not bad at all:

I continue West as I want to visit Reusel next. No highway, just crossing the cuties in between till I arrive at Reusel's most serene spot, Vijver Lovensbroek:

This tiny lake is as quiet and cute as it takes even though it is "downtown":

Here's a pano:

It's truly a fairy tale magazine cover material.

Turn up the volume to hear the birds singing:

As I finish the above video I see this cat smelling my bike:

Watch her as she meows me:

Through all this time I picture and record all this it's just perfect silence except the birds. What a heavenly place!

Time to make my way back. Here's my ride with my music on this video:

In the middle of the above video I was passed by a police car in emergency. See at normal speed how the local drivers behaved:

They went totally off road. That's how they do it here.

Good job Dutches!

Time to take care of my housemates back at Heeze - see you on Episode 6!