1000 Miles 10 Days - Bikepacking : the Netherlands - Day 3

[@laziojohnny79]

Such a shame you didn't make a small detour through the 'Rijk van Nijmegen' (surrounding area east of Nijmegen) it's a bit like Cornwall or the Ardennes if you like. Glad you once again had a safe and pleasant trip through our little cycling-heaven-country.

[@redauwg911]

thank you for the video 👍

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Welcome 👍 glad you enjoyed it

[@mattjohn7700]

Fantastic video Richard.

[@mojochaser6383]

Great video, Richard 😊

[@EdwinHof-z4f]

Nice one Richard, i was bike packing in that area(veluwe) also around 26 27 28, some extreme wheather i remember.

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Hi, yeah the second half of my bikepacking trip the weather took a dramatic turn! Tent nearly blew away at one point; and a fair degree of walking with the bike due to very high wings.. all coming up!

[@EdwinHof-z4f]

@@BikepackingAdventures whaha i had the same nearly slept 1 night

[@thebass64]

Loving your trip. Making me think I would love to do something like this. “Zevenzaar” was I think actually Zevenaar (several of my Dutch family live there).

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Yeah I noticed afterwards I had read the sign completely wrong - you are right! Yeah bikepacking is so much fun, and with the Netherlands you are never too far away from modern life plus no much climbing if that's what you like.

[@vanderquast]

Great ride northwards along the Dutch-German border 👍😊

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it =)

[@collectioneur]

Very wooded. How did you find all those forest paths? Most Dutch people don't even know that...

[@Paul_C]

When you live there you know, and really don't advertise it. You can find plenty along the eastern and southern borders. Basically it is a joy to ride there, plenty of paths unknown, but also the knooppuntmaps can be used.

[@BikepackingAdventures]

When I am planning a route I use RideWithGPS and switch to the OSM map overlays which better shows woodland and the national parks. I then use the heat map to see where people are riding, you can always drop the little man down in some of the places to see Google streetview and on top of that you can the satellite as well just in case. If in doubt I'll reduce the heat map to the last 7 days as well so I can be sure whether or not somewhere is ridable or not. Germany on the other hand you have to rely solely on the heat map due to strict privacy laws there is no Google streetview available much of the time. Add to all that planning a little bit of faith that if you reach a dead end there is always a way around. Thanks for your question and watching!

[@captainchaos3667]

Wild camping is illegal in the Netherlands. But I suspect you know that.

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Yeah been a few times now, twice doing this kind of thing. No different to home in the UK. Arrive late, leave early, leave no trace.

[@captainchaos3667]

@@BikepackingAdventures Respectfully, consider that that is quite an antisocial stance. "It's alright if I do it, as long as nobody else does." Your behaviour is enabled by the people who do actually follow the rules. I also would quite like to wild camp in my own country, but I recognise that it is simply too small and densely populated to allow that. You always leave a trace, even if it's just trampling vegetation and scaring off animals. Nature, what little we have, would be destroyed. So it's quite irritating if other people then egoistically take advantage of that and do it anyway.

[@XEinstein]

Not only that but most of the dirt tracks he's riding on are hiking paths and off limits to bicycles

[@KarlRalph]

What size tyres Richard?

[@BikepackingAdventures]

They are 38C.

[@KarlRalph]

@ cheers. I did notice the same question was posted in the comments on 'day 4' video after I asked. I look forward to the rest of this 'series'. Safe travels.

[@Hanseaat]

Nice video, I don't care, but you can get a fine for camping in the forest (wild camping) 150 euros

[@BikepackingAdventures]

Fair enough! Just gotta be respectful right?!