Netherlands Bikepacking Adventure

Myself and Ben got the overnight ferry from Newcastle to Ijmuiden, Netherlands to bike pack the 440km LF Zuiderzee route in 4 days. The additional 2 days were used to explore North Holland on our return to the ferry and cycle to the Quayside for coffee once back in Newcastle! The lack of elevation in The Netherlands made this the most chilled vibes bike packing adventure, no tears were involved!
I hope you enjoy this video. Stay tuned for the next!
Route: www.lfzuiderzeeroute.nl/en
Airbnbs:
Everyone we stayed with were amazing and very accommodating!
- Near Medemblik: www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/50724135
- Lemmer: www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/43964090
- Near Elburg: www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/48176915
Music:
Lazy Day by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: audionautix.com/

[@BillEvans1956]

Nice! I'm just back from cycling the LF Maasroute. A great trip.

[@hobocyclist]

The Netherlands is a great place to ride, in fact some of the best riding in the world! I rode Ronde van Nedeland in May and June on my folding bike. I'd recommend to all riders!!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

It is the best! I hope to return soon

[@percival3830]

Fab. There is a feelgood quality about your vids that makes me want to ride them all myself.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Would 100% recommend

[@joelp2419]

The Netherlands: the cycling paradise ! I've got to do this route !!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

It definitely is! I would 100% recommend. I can't wait to go back

[@peterheerens3093]

Hi guys, Nice ride. I live alongside the route, so I know many of the places you cycled through. I also cycled from the ferry in Newcastle to the central station many a time and trust me, it was a whole lot worse in the past. I hope you've enjoyed your stay...

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

It must be a lovely place to live!

[@CanyonWanderer]

Very nice video! First of all, very nice shots and edit! furthermore: A: my home country, B: Spekkoek!, C: Backyard Bikeshop! WOW 🙂

[@dikkiedik53]

I loved your video. Now I'm 70, but at age 30 I did a "Rondje IJsselmeer" together with colleagues and a "support vehicle" in one day on a simple steel frame Peugeot road bike with 21 gears. The LF routes were not invented yet and also GPS navigation did not exist for the normal people. It was some 300 km including the 32 km Afsluitdijk. The first handicap was a little brown dog in the middle of nowhere in Friesland under my front wheel, fall and broken glasses. Near Elburg I hit a curb and my rear wheel was wobbely. I was lucky with a mate who had golden hands. He bent it back with his hands, set the tension on the spokes and we went on. It was a bit warmer period and I remember wiping salt crystals from my forehead in Muiden. The last bit of your trip was from Nauerna to IJmuiden. You could have taken the route over the doors of the sea locks in IJmuiden. That's what I often do. Still riding some 3500 km annually. Thanks for the lifelong golden memories.. enjoy yours too.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Sounds like a right adventure! I hope to keep doing more adventures like this

[@Dasypodidae45]

Beautiful video! The beginning text is not entirely accurate. Zuiderzee was the name when the Afsluitdijk wasn't yet build. After the construction of the Afsluitdijk the water south of the Afsluitdijk is called the IJsselmeer, and the water north of the Afsluitdijk is called the wadden zee. Later the Markerwaarddijk was build and the water south of the Markerwaarddijk is called the Markermeer

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

I'm glad you liked it! Yes I completely agree, it was great to learn about the history of the area as we cycled around! The route we followed was called the Zuiderzeeroute, sorry for the confusion!!

[@JohnM-cc6gc]

I really enjoyed your video! It looked like an excellent route and adventure. Yet another one to add to my list!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

The perfect adventure!

[@phillcardiac]

The Strava segment "Boulevard of broken bottles" tells it all on the way back into the toon......

[@farfromhome2079]

Awesome! And you had luck with that amazining weather week. Next time deel free to visit/stay at our place!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

It was amazing! That would be great, I'll get planning our next adventure!

[@giffardsercombe3169]

Great video! Cycled this route from Newcastle in 2017. Coming down the eastern side, i rode along ‘sea’ shore where there is, of course, a lovely cycle path. The whole route was wonderful. Thanks!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching

[@giffardsercombe3169]

@@caitlean.runnerbean6943 your videos are great inspiration- thanks!!!

[@urbandiscount]

That was some lovely routing!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Yes it was!

[@bertlustig7783]

Leuk. Groetjes uit the Naarden.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Dank u wel! Je woont op een prachtige plek

[@paulbruin3244]

Great video looks great cycling in the Netherlands cycle ways all over

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

it was brilliant!

[@paulbruin3244]

I have family in the Netherlands

[@jvanschaik8571]

Lovely video, nice to see my country trough your eyes. Next time do the eastern and southern parts, they will offer you a different scenery.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Glad you enjoyed it. Next time!

[@enemigodenadie]

Hi, I loved your video! Greetings from the USA 🇺🇸

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Hi! Thank you

[@tonypaddler]

Great video, I should be doing this route soon. Cheers 👍

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Absolutely! It was amazing!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

You go much too fast! Please come again to the Netherlands and take your time to enjoy everything that's here to see. And btw I'm a 'warmshowers' host. Even cheaper than Vrienden op de fiets ...

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

We will definitely be back! That is good to know, I'll investigate it for next time! Dank u wel!

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Are there 'warm showers' hosts in Italy?

[@kubrabenelli9117]

Come back anytime.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

We will!

[@mandje2002]

06:13 LOL..., as a cyclist on this road you don't have to wait for the traffic light (see sign under the traffic light) cyclists who turn right are allowed to continue

[@ArjenHaayman]

I don't understand the distances in the video. The miles are always way higher than the kilometers?

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Hiya! Sorry for the confusion. The video shows kilometres then metres elevation. Not miles. Sorry about that

[@ukch1]

Great vid.Do you have a strava link to the route you took.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

This is our route: www.strava.com/routes/2957039617992262790 (its goes via our airbnbs, etc). I got the route gpx from here: www.lfzuiderzeeroute.nl/en

[@work-hard-play-harder]

Absolutely amazing, thinking of taking the 10 year old for a short bike trip, if you have any tips, I would love to hear them. Thanks.

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

netherlands is just the best place to start bikepacking! the whole country is set up for it. Defo do it!

[@work-hard-play-harder]

@@caitlean.runnerbean6943 we did it, it was amazing, haven't uploaded any footage yet but I will. 👍 Thanks

[@petersteinmeijer519]

Well, wasn't that a nice race

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

Adventure? Here? In our country? Where? 🤣😂😁

[@caitlean.runnerbean6943]

Hahah we had a great time! A calm type of adventure