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Well if the weather holds true to form, this will be a fantastically memorable walk! In true Germanic style it is an outstandingly organised hiking trail, which any human with a modicum of orientation could navigate. My sense of orientation was instilled from birth. A little like the Camino Trail in Spain where one simply
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We left Utreck in light drizzle – so called Dutch drizzle! Refer pictures. Only in Holland would one see a cyclist riding hands free in drenching rain – an open umbrella in one and an iPhone in the other! Then the sun came out on this our last day!
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Another day that continuously threatened rain, but did not! But there was a ray of sunshine as our luggage was waiting for us at the hotel Malie, Utreck! The day’s cycling was quite enjoyable as it remained rain free and the moderate wind seemed mostly to be from behind or at worst, a cross wind!
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it’s a guttural “K”… ouda – from back of the throat. Another dull overcast day with spitting rain interspersed with periods of dry but ominous scudding clouds. Not conducive to stopping or photography! Otherwise if sunny it would have been a totally enjoyable day of cycling ! We arrived damp and a little despondent, aggravated
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Just to prove we did occasionally hop into the saddle
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The hotel at Leiden I described as reminiscent of Fawlty Towers. I am NOT complaining but the two photos below surely demonstrate why the rooms appealed to a baby boomer like me!
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The third day promised a route through a national park thence several kilometres of long beach shores, shirting along scrubby sand dunes then inland following canals often with huge industrial complexes and finally into the university town of Leiden. It threatened rain all day thankfully it held off till about 7 km from our destination
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The day dawned wet and rather miserable. It was therefore a less than enjoyable 65 km trip, flatness not withstanding. The delightful Dutch lass who served us coffee around 11am pronounced confidentially that the rain would finish at 4pm and the sun would shine, which it did at 4:01 precisely. The village of Edam a
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The day remained delightfully sunny and cool – ideal weather to cycle. Our hotel had the feel of a cross between a country club and RSL casino! This is my bedroom As it turned out this Sunday was the annual village fair! The older male generation dressed in the typical black sailors pantaloons! The younger
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