Moordrecht
nathan - March 23, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
tags: biking
Today started with a nice croissant at Cafe du Midi with Jen. We walked there from the Delft Camping bus stop. After that, we walked back to the bus stop where I had parked the trike and I took off Eastish. This time, I had asked my phone to plot out a knooppunt route that would get me to Moordrecht. Of course that's ridiculously far; almost to Gouda. So I figured I'd turn around once I was an hour in or so.
Also, thinking ahead, I brought my water bottle. Empty, of course, because there are places to fill up all over.
So off I rode, past horses
and windmills
and these three things in a 10 minute window:
And of course some pretty water things
Eventually I ended up at Moordrecht. Whoops, guess I forgot about that "hour or so."
At this point, I popped into a grocery store and grabbed a drink and some cheese. The drink wasn't much, though, so I also looked on a map for the nearest public water tap. They have these all over the country, and I figured it was time to fill up my water bottle. Destination found, I started heading along a river.
Or maybe it was a canal? It's some water way up high, next to some much lower land. Probably a canal. Anyway, that reedy area on the right side of the picture is water.
Before too long, I got to the train station for Niewerkerk aan den Ijssel.
This has one of those water taps. However, it wasn't working. There was a guy sitting nearby when I went to get water, and he told me after I'd pushed the button that it didn't work. Pity. No problem, though, because there's another one very nearby.
This time, I read the sign. It says the water is off until April. Whoopsie.
Well, back on the road I guess.
The GPS says my total distance for today was around 62.5 km. Once again, the max speed is broken (reported 60.3 km/h on the way back) but average was somewhere between 18 and 21 km/h. I should set the trip odometer when I start these. It would give me something to sanity check against.
In the interest of finding the best maps, I'm trying two more plotters.
Which do you think is better?