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Cycling holiday to either France or Holland.
| clantosh | 17 Jan 14:29 |
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Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 2 Bike: | Cycling holiday to either France or Holland, any suggestions, recommendations and advice greatly appreciated. We are looking to stay at bike friendly B&B's or budget type hotels as with most folk this year money tight. Not want to camp as like a little comfort. Mileage per day not massively important, around 40/50 miles max as we intend to visit some cafe's along the way. |
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| 19 Jan 08:42 |
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 Joined: 29 Jun 2010 Posts: 149 Bike: My Profile | Hi, our local snooker club is planning a five day cycle tour of Holland in May. We have been doing quite a bit of planning. If you do choose Holland, one of the best websites for info about accommodation is http://www.vriendenopdefiets.nl/ They have an english version of the site and it has hundreds of b&b details for cheap stays in a bed rather than under canvas. Also for planning your route I would recommend http://www.routeyou.com/home.en which can create a cycle friendly route for you and gives you the total distance and gradient climbed, generally zero as no hills in Holland! Good luck |
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| clantosh | 19 Jan 12:39 |
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Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 2 Bike: | Many Thanks for your advice. cheers |
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| 08 Feb 16:08 |
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Joined: 01 Jun 2010 Posts: 14 Bike: My Profile | About 'Vrienden op de Fiets' The English page of their site is seriously out-of-date. But the good news is that last week I got my copy of their yearly booklet. 3600 hosts in the Netherlands and 75 in France. 19 euro pp/pn. Membership is 10 euro (UK). http://www.vriendenopdefiets.nl These maps give a good impression of the density of their network: http://maps.google.be/maps/ms?hl=nl&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=215743440519068246688.00048c786978545ba7831&t=h&z=5 http://maps.google.be/maps/ms?hl=nl&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=215743440519068246688.000486520a11618c85770&t=h&z=6 http://maps.google.be/maps/ms?hl=nl&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=215743440519068246688.000486676a087d4c9aabc&t=h&z=8 http://www.vriendenopdefiets.nl/Overzichtkaart-2009.jpg |
| Melanie Joyce | 26 May 16:27 |
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Joined: 20 May 2011 Posts: 6 Bike: | Holland its great for cycling, very cycle friendly. Cycled part of north sea cycle route north to s ou th Along coast. Well sigh posted with route. Stayed in "Stay ok" hostels which are cheap and great, breakfast included. |
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