April 3, 2025

 Start at Houtplaats, Rheden/Posbank, around 10:30. Blacksmith. Green inner tube peeking through the surface of the tubular, flat after a few hundred meters, on the Heuvenseweg climb. The woods were still barren and fairly quiet, the open areas showed some yellow leaves on scattered bushes, apparently gorse (gaspeldoorn), not forsythia. A little lizard crossed the road right in front of us in the noonday sun. Cars were allowed on the ridge, but it really wasn't bad. Up and down and around sections such as Zijpenseberg, Lange Juffer, Rozenbos. A little cool at the start, but it warmed up quickly--summer already before 12. Tariffs all over the news. By all means, let's keep breaking lives, let's satisfy that need to throw our weight around. It's the only way we can begin to feel remotely secure.