Thursday, April 22, 2010 Today was preparation day for the great trek. Replaced the rear tyres, of course I put one on the wrong way around so had to redo that one. Short cycle to Biervliet to try and sort out issues with the Rabobank. I withdraw my earlier statement about excellent service. Further relaxed […]

Wednesday April 21, 2010 It is quite amazing for someone like me who was born just after the war how WWII is still so vivid in the minds of people who lived through it and how often it is the subject of conversation. In that vein today was almost a bridge too far, I had

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 On the coast between Belgium and Holland lies a nature reserve called “Het Zwin” where an old rivermouth enters the sea. It was cool and overcast this morning with quite a strong wind which would turn to the west so I decided to do our trip in a clockwise direction to

Monday April 19, 2010 Shopping time again, we want to make sure we have some emergency food the first night we will be on our way so we pedaled to Terneuzen to explore some shops. Just as well we took our time getting there and spending some quality time at the Braakman dike because the

Sunday April 18, 2010 Today we didn’t have much on our plate but of course we couldn’t sit still and decided to go for a short ride through the Braakman and ended up doing 35kms. We just couldn’t get enough of the views across the polders, reflections of the willows in the water and farmhouses

Saturday 17 April 2010 Marie Louise had organized cheap train tickets for us, with these tickets you can travel anywhere in Holland on a weekend day. We chose Den Bosch as our destination because it is not too far away and is quite attractive with plenty of historic buildings. The locals do their best to

After yesterdays exertions we thought it prudent to have a quiet day so took it easy this morning and caught up on some blogging, I see that I screwed up and got the last two days in the wrong order, tough. Got ready at about 11 to cycle to Breskens and do some shopping there.

Visited the mudflats today where I used to go and swim and nearly drowned when I was about 10. There used to be a small fishing harbour there with a nice jetty to dive off and a belgian fisherman who spent more time in the pub than fishing for cockles. The shipping traffic towards Antwerp

The target today was the Belgian town of Brugge with its well preserved middle age buildings, churches and forts. We saw an appropriate advert for a belgian beer (zot=fool=jester) and sampled some Many churches were visited, not sure who is the holy one here 🙂 The day was not done though as on the way

When travelling to Holland one of the things I really look forward to is visiting my old friend Bennie. We went to school and HTS together and, even though we don’t see each other very often, have formed a friendship that will endure and, even though we saw each other last 13 years ago, it