At one point it seemed that every village I visited was part of the city of Oss. What also happened: before my tour I corrected a leg length discrepancy by shimming my right shoe.
The bridge across the Maas from Den Bosch. The railroad bridge across the Maas that brought me to Den Bosch. A group of horses south of Lith. A UFO-like office building in Kerkdriel. My self-built Ritchey Road Logic 53cm. Campagnolo Zonda wheels (15 mm rim) with Vittoria Corsa N.EXT 30mm (measure as 28mm); SRAM Force AXS rim brake groupset; Ritchey cockpit; bag from Swift Industries. The ferry across the Maas from Alem to Maren-Kessel. The ferrymen in Brabant are among the friendliest I have met. I could be on this ferry all day! The fields south of Maren. Looking south on the Hemelrijkstraat east of Oss. Looking north on the Hemelrijkstraat. Looking along the Ravensteinsedijk at the Haren transmission tower. On the dyke next to an old stream bed of the Maas in Teeffelen. I had a break and enjoyed this sculpture by Jan de Vries called ‘Water, onze onstuimige vriend’ (water, our impetuous friend). The view over the Oude Maas from my lunch spot. Windmill ‘Tot Voordeel en Genoegen’ (to benefit and pleasure) in Alphen. Behind in the Maas is the hydroelectric power plant of Alphen. The fields between Horssen and Appeltern. The old brickworks in Druten. The Waalbandijk between Druten and Boven-Leeuwen. A little excursion into the floodplain to collect some tiles. As if the landscape wasn’t pastoral enough already: a group of Tauros cattle in the floodplain. The Prins Willem-Alexander bridge across the Waal.
