tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410982774062066015.post5331358387035688844..comments2024-02-27T17:10:14.937+00:00Comments on Hackney cyclist: Cycling between cities in the Netherlands - Part Three: Gouda to UtrechtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410982774062066015.post-10994713683031848802018-10-02T22:20:35.083+01:002018-10-02T22:20:35.083+01:00I did! http://hackneycyclist.blogspot.com/2018/01/...I did! http://hackneycyclist.blogspot.com/2018/01/cycling-between-cities-in-netherlands_10.htmlHackney Cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591623530649120435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410982774062066015.post-993278948365104452018-09-15T13:05:32.334+01:002018-09-15T13:05:32.334+01:00Should you ever come back to do this journey again...Should you ever come back to do this journey again, i.e. Gouda to Utrecht or vice versa, I would recommend the route on the other side of the river. You now followed the main car road, which has cycle tracks and is therefore the route Google Maps recommends, but staying on the Gouda side of the river is so much nicer. From Gouda, you follow the road on the dike, past the cemetery, towards Haastrecht. You stick as close to the river as you can with two nice stretches of cycle paths. After that, from Hekendorp via Oudewater to Montfoort and towards Achthoven, it’s nearly all rural secondary road. No tracks, but there’s so little traffic there it doesn’t matter. You eventually hit the same cycle track that you used on this trip to get into Utrecht. I’d recommend keeping straight after passing under the A12, turning right before the canal and cycling along that until the sign points you to the right to “centrum” for what is actually a left turn crossing. From the cool new Dafne Schippersbrug (a bike bridge with a primary school built into it on one side), you can spot Utrecht center.CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074602686687571170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410982774062066015.post-32558570465953105432016-01-19T20:29:26.821+00:002016-01-19T20:29:26.821+00:00Nice pics, it's nice to see a couple of places...Nice pics, it's nice to see a couple of places that I've been to. Just to annoy you, the "one-way road" is actually 2-way, I know because I stayed in the Ibis hotel further down the road :P. It's interesting that they put a bidirectional cycle path in. I did see the same setup on a one-way road in Amsterdam though.<br /><br />The construction around the train station was confusing for me too, I spent quite a while trying to find my bike rental place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993958838556851825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410982774062066015.post-72922344629394904352016-01-15T13:45:21.416+00:002016-01-15T13:45:21.416+00:00If you want to break that 'widest cycle track&...If you want to break that 'widest cycle track' record once more, here's a good candidate (I reckon about 7 meters wide, not counting pavement) in Eindhoven - https://goo.gl/maps/Q6htj8hu6tQ2Andréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02278675043581385643noreply@blogger.com