Jos' Boat Trip
Port Zelande
October 07, 2025
The weather looked pretty good this morning with only an 18 gusting to 28 kms/hr wind out of the SW. So we planned an 88.5 kms ride down to Middleburg via the historic town of Veere. We were up early and on the road by 9:45. Ok not so early by we needed to be sure of the weather.
The ride down to Veere was along the main dyke which keeps the sea back. So you are up high on the dyke and totally exposed to the wind. It was a real struggle straight into the wind for the 35 kms down to Veere. Veere is historic town with most of the buildings showing signs in the early 1500's. I did take a picture of one of the newer buildings which showed a sign of 1570. Even though it was all into the wind we still made pretty good time so we stopped for a full on lunch in one of many restaurants. Lunch was three fried eggs on a layer of ham on top of a couple of slices of rye bread.
When we had gone into the restaurant it was pretty nice, when we came out the mist had set in and the temperature had dropped 5 C. The mist/fog was really cold and I was sure that we were going to get rained on. A couple of turns out of Veere and we were on some of the smoothest concrete I have ever ridden on. As a result it didn't take long to make it down to Middleburg.
We cruised through Middleburg and while it is really a pretty historic city with some great architecture I only took one picture of a fountain with pick water which showed up as white in the picture. It was just too cold and damp.
On the way back Jos asked if I wanted apple pie for supper. Well yes, who doesn't want apple pie, Unfortunately this lead to an 8 kms detour to find the apple pie. So when we got back to the boat we were at 96 kms. So we rode down the street for an extra 4 kms so we could log a 100 kms ride.
Back on the boat we celebrated with chocolate milk.
While the last 65 kms was cold and amp we had a great ride and one we will brag about.
Terry
4 comments:
What a great ride to end the tour on. So, how was the apple pie?
The apple pie was delicious and worth the extra 10 kms - if we hadn’t biked extra k’s we wouldn’t be able to justify eating it as it was very filling. Hoping for another shorter ride tomorrow.
No need to justify the apple pie, in my opinion. Sounds like you had a good, long ride. In looking at the pictures, perhaps you passed an ice cream shop too?!? Definitely fall. We're expecting showers turning into flurries in Calgary this weekend, but the snow won't stay yet.
Jos, you riding an e-bike on this trip?
Keep the rubber side (and the keel) down. Carry on and keep up the good work.
Calgary Ken C.
The 8Km alone would justify the apple pie ....... that leaves 92 Km to justify a whole other range of stuff ...... just looking at that ice-cream cone ...Liam
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