HELMOND, NETHERLANDS
THE MILK RIDE
13 / 13 2019 05 18 51.4416° N, 5.4697° E
21 °C N 06 KM/H
As is tradition, the whole group cycled along the Kanaldijk waterway to our refreshing destination, the landscape slowly transforming from industrial city to forest and farmland. 2007 Field School alumni Rob Innes joined us for the ride.
Far to the east of Eindhoven is a small, family owned fruit and dairy farm in Helmond called ‘t Melkhuisje.
The milk house has been in operation since 2008, providing fresh from the cow milk to cyclists riding by. The milk dispensor inside offers cold, refreshing milk at €0.10 per cup. Even the lactose intolerant among us couldn not say no to a cup or bowl full as we tucked into lunch at a nearby picnic area.
The farm’s chickens kept us company, until we rode back toward town, stopping only to see Van Gogh’s famous watermill in Neunen — which he painted in May 1884 and is still standing along the Kleine Dommel river.
As is tradition, the whole group cycled along the Kanaldijk waterway to our refreshing destination, the landscape slowly transforming from industrial city to forest and farmland. 2007 Field School alumni Rob Innes joined us for the ride.
Far to the east of Eindhoven is a small, family owned fruit and dairy farm in Helmond called ‘t Melkhuisje.
The milk house has been in operation since 2008, providing fresh from the cow milk to cyclists riding by. The milk dispensor inside offers cold, refreshing milk at $0.10 per cup. Even the lactose intolerant among us could not say no to a cup or bowl full as we tucked into lunch at a nearby picnic area.
Eindhoven is the city where we do most of our work editing videos, backing up files, and transcribing interviews while in-field. The milk house ride was one of the few opportunities we had to get out and enjoy the areas outside of the city centre before returning to the grind.
