We left Amsterdam and continued to head north. It was nice to have a break but it was also nice to be back on the bikes.

Mike’s stupid cycle GPS can find it’s way to the red light district, but it seems to have trouble finding any of the many cycle lanes in Holland. Today it tried to send us through a major motorway tunnel. The thing we have found about cycling on Holland is that you NEVER have to ride on the road. There is a cycle path for every place you go.

Today we cycled along dykes and beside farmland. There was a wonderful view of the lake on our right and the rotten smell of cowshit blowing in from our left.

The weather is not so great now. The sunny days are gone and it is overcast, cooler, and always threatening to rain. We have been pretty lucky so far and haven’t got wet.