Netherlands 25: Riding from Duinrell to Leiden
Being the closest city, Leiden is a popular choice for a day trip away from to Duinrell. Indeed, it’s somewhere we have been to every time we’ve stayed there and I’ve written...
Netherlands 25: Riding to Katwijk aan Zee for lunch
With a birthday in the group to celebrate, we arranged for lunch out at Strandpaviljoen De Watering in Katwijk aan Zee, overlooking the beach. Getting there would obviously involve getting on the...
Netherlands 25: Riding from Duinrell to Delft
The wonderful city of Delft is somewhere we’ve been a few times over the years, with our last visit there in 2022. While we’ve got there by various means, including bike, tram...
Netherlands 25: Loop ride around Vlietland
With a bit of time to spare, while everyone was doing their own thing, I had chance for a quick afternoon ride. Being somewhere we’d briefly ridden to in 2022, I fancied...
Netherlands 25: Riding from Duinrell to Rotterdam
Despite staying fairly close by, we’ve only actually been to Rotterdam twice over the years, prior to our 2025 trip. We first went there in 2013, when the kids were small, then...
Walking and cycling improvements on Chapel Street, Salford
After commencing work in April this year, the walking and cycling improvements on Chapel Street have been completed ahead of schedule, at the end of November 2025. The work was originally due...
Netherlands 25: Evening ride to the beach at Wassenaarse Slag
If I’m honest, I’ve already done this route to death already, so why am I back with another post covering a ride to the beach at Wassenaarse Slag? Well, largely as this...
Netherlands 25: Riding the Velostrada from Leiden to Den Haag
Inspired once again by one of Bicycle Dutch’s post, on our first full day at Duinrell, I headed out for a quick ride along Velostrada, a direct cycling route between the cities...
Netherlands 25: Two weeks at Duinrell
Regular readers will no doubt be familiar with our yearly trips to the holiday and amusement park Duinrell in the town of Wassenaar. In 2025, instead of staying at an additional location...
Center Parcs Elveden Forest
After having a really enjoyable time on our first family trip to Center Parcs at Sherwood Forest in November 2024, we decided to give another Center Parcs a go for our Easter...
Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
With a big birthday to celebrate, in November 2024 we arranged to spend a long weekend at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, arriving Friday evening. Center Parcs is somewhere we’ve wanted to go...
Netherlands 24: Loop ride from Duinrell to Voorburg via Huis ten Bosch
With a little free time on the final full day of our Netherlands 24 trip, I headed out on a ride to Voorburg, taking a route through Haagse Bos, stopping briefly at...