Wind, lots of it.

So it's been a while since my last post, mainly because I was in England volunteering at a special needs scout camp and I didn't get round to accessing the internet over there. (Mainly because I was too busy having fun with everyone there).

However, yesterday I decided to start my cycling trip down to La Farge and after quite a lot of delays I actually left Delft at around 15:30-ish. By the time I was in Rotterdam however, I had had so many bike problems and issues with the google maps cycling route I had printed that I was almost ready to call it quits. I actually went back to my home, but once there I went online and all the responses I had gotten on facebook actually helped me convince myself that I really want to give this a try so I just went ahead and left (Along a new rout I picked out myself).

However, the weather was not exactly on my side. I did make it about a good 100 kilometers today, which isn't too bad given how late I left and the kind of weather I had to soldier on through. Of course it was raining all day as well, but that wasn't the main problem, I can handle rain easily.

I'm talking wind. Lots of wind. Not the "Stap Op - Tegenwind" friendly kind of head wind either. We're talking the serious, down to business, freaking hard to breathe kind of head wind.

The kind of wind that makes you wish you were climbing Alpe d'Huez because then at least you've got a descent to look forward to.

The kind of wind that makes you switch up gears when there's so much as a single tree blocking the wind. Not because the wind is really affected by it, but if you try hard enough you can convince yourself it is and then at least you have somewhere to switch gears down to.

The kind of wind that makes you ride in the middle of a 5 meter wide road when crossing a bridge because you're actually afraid that otherwise you might be blown off.

The kind of wind that ... Well, I could go on for a while.

In hindsight, perhaps taking the coastal route wasn't the best decision after all.