Sorry: it's not about kayaking, again ;-)A few degrees of frost and a thin layer of snow turned the grubby, muddy Utrecht of last week in a bright white world over night. I got op early this morning to pick up Alex to do a MTB-tour in the snowcovered woods of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. Biking under the clear blue sky in the virgin snow was a magnificent experience. The combination of hard frozen underground and a few centimetres of snow made biking hefty and the track partly quit technical and slippery: a bit of a balancing act, good for training MTB-skills.
The conditions for kayaking here are bad: ice, ice, ice... As the thaw set in and it started raining last week I got a little hope it would soon be possible to paddle in Woerden again. Yet, temperatures have fallen and for the second half of next week a new serious cold period is expected. It looks as if my paddling break is going to last a bit longer...(No outdoor paddling for me since 6 weeks now, in 15 years Woerden this hasn't happened before!).
2 comments:
Well, you could call it kayak related ... its dry land cross training for paddlers!
Tony :-)
Oooh! I've been to Utrecht!! My archaeologist friend worked at Duurstede for a few months.
At least you got outside, even if it wasn't kayaking. Looks lovely in the woods with the snow.
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