Comments on: Cycling – Netherlands Bicycle Tour – Day 11 – Utrecht to Gouda

By: amsterdamize

amsterdamize — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:53:34 +0000

@digital dame: well, actually, Les sobbed a few times on their last day, uttering ‘I don’t wanna go home’, while planting his head on Helen’s shoulder :-p

By: Les Faber

Les Faber — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:44:31 +0000

@digitaldame: What you see is what you get in the Netherlands. Those bike tracks saved our bacon a few times. And you should see the various types of bike racks!

By: http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/

http://digitaldame.wordpress.com/ — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:43:19 +0000

Wow, they think of everything over there! I love the little track to wheel your bike down the stairs.

The photos are fabulous, I don’t think I’d ever want to come home! Everything just looks so utterly charming.

By: http://hembrow.blogspot.com/

http://hembrow.blogspot.com/ — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:31:16 +0000

There must be something about Utrecht’s railway stayion. I also went the wrong way out of it the first time I went there a couple of years ago…

I promised to send you details of Houten, the town a few km south east of Utrecht which was a prototype for many of the things done in other developments since to encourage cycling. There is a video, a bit of an explanation and some links to articles here:

http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/eco-town.html

By: helene sheppard

helene sheppard — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:54:24 +0000

Your father had very good memories of his teenages leaving in’LaHaie’ and horse back riding on thr beaches.H#1