While approaching Paris, the daily trips get a little less interesting. Today the time trial over 61 kilometres is planned. The real Tour rides from Montlucon to Saint-Amand-Montrond. Because of the planning, Derk hasn’t done some kilometres on flat terrain in the Pyrenees and during these days it’s a good time to do them. Just […]
Like before a trip through the beautiful French landscape. However the map didn’t show a lot of hills, in real life the situation was quite different: several short and tough ascents and a lot of long, almost unnoticeable descents. The sun is shining without mercy and the temperature increases over thirty degrees. On top of […]
The pasta-stop is in Champmotteux, a deserted little village not far from Paris, situated between weed fields which stretch to the horizon. When Derk arrives he has 126 kilometres covered, with an average of 29,3 km/h and a maximum speed of ‘only’ 50 km/h. Like yesterday Rianne and Caroleen drive the car. They make sure […]
What awaits us is the chaos of Paris? Derk will row to l’Arc de Triomph. Kees and I go by camper and Caroleen and Rianne take the ambulance. Kees and I don’t really have much trouble navigating through Paris. Unfortunately we learn that it’s not allowed to park a camper anywhere in the centre of […]
Derk starts in Deinze, from where he’ll row the last trip to the Netherlands. First he wanted to row from the Belgian/French border, but because Omroep Zeeland TV will be at the Dutch border at 11.30 AM, he has to speed up things a little. Just after half past eleven Derk crosses the border and […]
Day 20 – Sennely – St. Cheron / 165 km 
Day 21 – St. Cheron – Paris / 89 km 
Day 22 – Deinze – border / Vlissingen – Kamperland / Kamperland – Middelburg / 81,8 km