After the Buxton Episode of 2012 I can't say I was all that keen to get on a bike again, but then we came to The Netherlands, the home of the bicycle!
My reintroduction to bikes was through the lovely Margot and Ruud, as we met up at Utrecht train station Margot asked me if I'd ever hopped on before. I had no idea what she was asking and hoped it wasn't what I thought she meant. Turns out it was exactly what I thought: you sit side saddle on the pannier rack of the bike while the cyclist just goes like normal.
The first time I hopped on I made the bike really wobbly, I kept moving as every car, cyclist and pedestrian went past. It was a very weird experience. I did get used to it, but it didn't stop me gripping on for dear life!
We also rented bikes the following day to get a view of Amsterdam. We were given city bikes, they were big and chunky and I fell in love instantly. These bikes looked nothing like the intimidating racing bikes or the functional mountain bikes. This bike looked like a bike for a girl, I could look stylish while cycling round town (in my mind at least...).
We had a wonderful day cycling through the city. There are several beautiful parks and of course it is flat!
Just in case I got too carried away, the weather turned on us just as we were cycling back to the hire place and we got soaked!
Even so, I can see a beautiful bike in my not to distant future...
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