Paastreffen 2006
14th - 17th of April 2006
The 'Paastreffen' ( Easter meeting ) is one of the bigger meetings of recumbent cyclists in The Netherlands. This year it was already the seventh time it was organised. About eighty cyclists from all over the country (and a few from abroad) came to the event.
Henk and I met at about 9.00 near my appartment in Delft. Together we cycled to camping 'Harskamperdennen'. It's located in the area called 'Veluwe'.
Fully loaded wooden bike.
Windmill near Tienhoven.
Passing a fence near Tienhoven.
Passing a fence near Tienhoven.
After our arrival at camping 'Harskamperdennen' on Friday evening we set up our tents and Henk cooked a fine dinner.
René and Silvester arrived Saturday afternoon.
The registration 'office'.
Talking during the Saturday evening meal.
Start of the tour on Sunday morning.
Crossing a rail road, just after a train passed.
Here we took a short brake.
'Het Aardhuis' was built as a hunting house and a meeting place for army officers. It was owned by the Dutch royal family. Now it's a museum and wildlife park.
Recumbents parked near 'Het Aardhuis'. A part of the group visited the museum and the other part continued the tour.
Waiting for somebody with a flat tire.
And another flat tire.
Passing recumbents.
We stopped for a drink at restaurant 'Het Boshuis' in Drie.
Playground of restaurant 'Het Boshuis'.
Restaurant 'Het Boshuis'.
Cycling in the forest near Garderen.
Same forest, same cyclepath, same people. No foot in the foreground.
Barbeque on Sunday evening.
Barbeque on Sunday evening.
Barbeque on Sunday evening.
The last morning, time to pack my stuff again.
We're having lunch on the way back to Delft.
Entering the village of Amerongen.
Dike on the West of Amerongen.
Castle nearby Zeist.
Skyline of the city of Utrecht.
Utrecht.
Ready to leave the village of Oudewater.
Cycling along the river Hollandse IJssel, between Oudewater and Gouda.
A short brake near the windmills of Zevenhuizen.
Windmills and river Rotte near Zevenhuizen.