December 16, 2025

 Tuesday. Left a little before ten. Blacksmith (which turned out to be a mistake). Mostly overcast, but some apparent clearing to the south. Cool, with moderate southerly breezes. Pavement dry in the city and along the Merwedekanaal. Around Jutphaas suddenly a very light drizzle; on the levee toward Jaarsveld damp pavement. The narrow canal after Klein Scheveningen still cutting a yellow swath through the green field. And to the south, behind Lexmond, a beautiful, yellow-orange clearing above the horizon. The light was always there, but so was the raincloud hovering over Lopik. Light rain all the way past Montfoort. Then it gradually stopped coming down, and it started to clear everywhere. Roads gradually turning just a little damp. Back in the city it was hard to imagine there had been a good hour of riding in the rain, on wet roads.