Holland has been great and we have been making the most of their cycle lanes, and have been on some fantastic rides. I eventually got used to being stared at everywhere we went, it would appear that unless you wear full lycra,cycle helmets are just not worn (can't quite figure out why wearing lycra makes them acceptable!) and very few have anything other than shopping bikes so we looked just a little bit different!
We spent the first few days in a place called Lisse, visiting the Keukenhof and the town of Leiden. It has to be said that the Keukenhof was slightly disappointing and lacking in Tulips as we were a bit late in the year, but they did have the most fantastic display of lilies.
Then we moved on to Zeiriksee, a small and typically Dutch town in Zeeland, and a lovely little farm campsite. We spent a few days cycling the island and playing on the beach. Yesterday we went up the Megatouren in Zeiriksee, a huge church tower in the middle of town which no longer has a church attached but gives some amazing views of the islands, bridges and dams. This is the area of Holland that like the East Coast of the UK was flooded very badly in February 1953 and today on the way here we drove via the delta project, the huge storm surge barrier that was put in to stop this scale of flooding happening again.
As we drove towards Belgium today I was hoping that the roads in this part would be better than where we were a week ago. This was not the case and we had a bone shaking ride here. Its a bit like France 20 years ago, but it seems that rather than mending the roads putting up signs saying holes forming (even on motorways) is preferable. Sorry rant over, just abit touchy about road surfaces after the tyre saga !
Anyway its getting dark and that means bed time. Off to explore here tommorrow.
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