It rained on and off all night but thankfully stopped in the morning. At 8am the tent was so hot I had to get out.

The day turned into a lovely hot one. The cycling in Holland is so easy. There are cycle paths everywhere and there is never any need to cycle on the roads. Today we cycled on paths that meandered through sand dunes and across long brigdes.

We are pretty fit now and today we overtook a pair of cycle tourers. We powered up the hill and gave them a little wave as we rocketed past them. We were both very impressed with ourselves.

It was quite a long day in the end. I really wanted to find a hotel, but there were none to be found. We checked out a couple of campgrounds but they were charging 22 euros to camp. This is ridiculously expensive just to put our little tent up and use the toilets (This price does not include showers – they cost extra, and you have to supply your own toilet paper.). Then you see the big motorhome next to you with a double awning taking up ten times the space and only paying the same as you. It’s just NOT FAIR!

We kept on cycling thinking sooner or later something will turn up. After 87 kms we found a nice little campsite on a farm. It was only 11 euros to camp. The facilities modern and clean, and they supplied toilet paper. There was one other tent there and lo and behold – it was the cycle tourers we overtook earlier in the day. How the hell they beat us here I do not know!

Anyway – we managed to cook our dinner before it rained tonight 🙂

Long bridge we cycled across. A large cycle lane just for us.