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    Bicycle Touring The Netherlands: The Dutch Coast ( & How to Deal with Ticks! )



    Bicycle Touring The Netherlands | The Dutch Coast

    We set out bicycle touring along the coast of the Netherlands. Cycling across the dunes of Holland, making our way through the coastal woodland and soaking up the sun on the beach. It is absolutely perfect except for a night with hundreds of ticks everywhere…

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    5. Aleš Krejčí on

      OMG 15 ticks during one night, I had 3 or 4 ticks in my entire life and I am walking in woods regularly 🙂 Greeting from Czechia, have fun 🙂

    11. Ineke chroom on

      Your lucky not been caught, wild camping is not aloud in the Netherlands, esspecialy not in reservations you disturb the wild life. Please respect. And ticks you found them in the wild but not that often that you mentioned, but when you camp in the wild you ask for it.

    12. Samuel Bonacorsi on

      The ticks here in New Jersey are unbelievable. As you mentioned, it is easy to pickup a half dozen ticks by just walking through a grassy area. Ticks are spread by many animals, not just deer.

    14. Joy Ruppert on

      Wild camping is not allowed in the Netherlands! Please don't show this like it's normal in YouTube videos. We have very little nature as it is and we don't need a lot of misinformed foreigners camping in our woods.

    19. AlphaSphere on

      Wow! I've did my runs in the dunes and have regularly ran on the trails in Mijendeel and have never gotten a tick. Also walked there many times with no encounters. Crazy that he can just stand there and get 4 ticks on him.

    23. Hanneke N on

      The filming and editing is good, I really like the scenery, but please do not show or promote wild camping where it isn't allowed!
      With all the ticks you discovered for yourself that it's not a good idea, but it also sets a very bad example to any touring cyclists who want to come here.

    24. Amelia O'Dell on

      Cycling the Netherlands was such a highlight for me and your videos are bringing me back. When we were touring we went down the coast to Dunkirk and took a ferry to the UK and it was only there that I realized how flat that part of Europe is! I had to get back into shape riding the hills of England and Wales 🙂

    28. Wassim Mahmoud on

      very nice footages from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
      since I came here the first thing I liked and wanted to do is have a road bike and start my YouTube channel and I did finally woohoo, check that out. Nice to watch your videos guys

    34. Queen Of Hearts on

      I’m very unfit and I think i said somewhere already, I bought a bike to improve that. I can’t believe I’ve never been to Amsterdam so I’m thinking of maybe making my first proper trip on flat grounds from somewhere in the Netherlands to Amsterdam. So I’m really looking forward to these few videos on your journeys in your homeland 🫶🏻

    37. Michelium on

      I do like the tour and you're enjoying our country. What I don't like it that you are showing wild camping like it's a normal thing. For other people, wild camping here is illegal and a big fine. There's so many camp grounds that are also with less ticks.

      But be welcome here in The Netherlands and enjoy our thousands of kilometres of bike paths!

    38. Pedro Claro on

      White or light colored, and tight weaved clothes. Pants preferably and tucked in socks. Use your bicycle mirror to check back and butt, and a fine comb for the hair. If in an infested area, avoid brushing up against bushes and branches, and tall grass.

    41. Joris Mak on

      You camped out in the open ? It isn't the UK :). I guess you got lucky , but normally the owner of the land of the police removes you pretty quickly. Camping outside of designated camp sites (so in public) isn't allowed here. you have to book a campsite , hut or arrange to sleep on the land of a farmer or something.

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