On the Road Again

 

We're back.  We've had two days of great cycling since we last posted - and it's been beautiful.

After our rainy rest day outside of Gouda we headed off with bright and sunny weather, and the gods were shining on us as we rolled onto our first ferry - it was waiting for us, and on we rolled - it was only a 5 minute journey, but we LOVED IT. 

We cycled through beautiful scenery - and even managed to take off our rain jackets for the first time since we arrived.  Aaaah the sun.  One of the best moments so far for me was cycling past a pair of swans, with their nest behind them, and in their nest I could see a lot of eggs - SO FANTASTIC.

After a couple of stops on the way, for Dutch Apple Cake, then Dominos in Dordrecht, We rolled into our um...rustic accommodation - the only thing we could find due to this long weekend thing...and we coped!

Roses eating her GF waffle 

Our VERY rustic trekking hut for the night

Our very rustic ablutions block

The next morning, we were setting off for Breda - I was making pancakes for everyone for breakfast - and we didn't have a mixing bowl - so we put our heads together and managed to mix GF pancake mix, milk and egg in our Fanta bottle (from previous night's dinner) - and voila...Roses had her pancakes.  Luckily, ours was in a just-add-water shaker container.

So, off to Breda with amazing countryside, another little ferry just for bikes, sun, and a dodgy hotel overnighter because we couldn't get any cabins again...but the big bonus was that Mike could get his back wheel fixed (broken spoke), and Roses could have a GF Macca's burger - YEP MACCA'S DO GF BURGERS!!

So, off we headed today - we've had rain and a bit of head wind, but then sun at the end.  Mike had planned a few surprises for us...pancake restaurants, and a cool hikers' ferry that we had a play with - pulling the rope to get us over the canal and back again.  Really cute.  

So, here we are in a cute little gypsy cabin - it's 9pm, we're all tuckered out.  The scenery today was just magnificent, really really beautiful, just as we imagined it would be.  In fact, the Netherlands has been incredibly beautiful, and these bike paths are something else.  

We are only 1.5km from the Belgium border, so tomorrow we say goodbye to the Netherlands, and hello to Belgium.  We have done 220km so far, and are feeling pretty chuffed with ourselves.

Pancake Restaurant 1

The hikers' ferry

We had to take cover from rain in a local pub - the same town Vincent van Gogh was born

Pancake restaurant 2 - bike parking

We took one wrong turn and ended up on sand road

Our gypsy cabin - it's so cool

Horses out the back window - Roses was very happy about that - as well as all the other little farm animals around our little cabin...

Even a shelf for our helmets

Cody and Mike sorting out dinner tonight.

Farewell Netherlands, we will miss you.