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Morning on the Mersey
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United Kingdom
The fab 4 - you can’t get away from them.
Impressive riverside, impressive architecture.
Blackout in the conference centre - speaker is Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman MP.
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The fab 4 - you can’t get away from them.
Impressive riverside, impressive architecture.
Blackout in the conference centre - speaker is Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman MP.
Netherlands
Teacher taking around school kids, dressed as Girl with a pearl earring.
Bikes and canals - very Dutch.
Netherlands
Riding the excellent tram system.
Haagse market.
Gemeente museum to see works of Mondrian and Dutch art noveau.
HEM photo museum showing works of Lauren Greenfield.
Indonesian cafe for tea.
Netherlands
Breakfast in style in an immaculately styled 70s furnished lounge / diner while listening to classical music.
Usual treacherous staircase.
Waterside ride to Hook of Holland then through the dunes to Scheveningen.
Vegetarian tagine from Wilfredy our host.
Netherlands
Fab breakfast brought to our garden house bedroom.
A long days riding of 90km, some into headwind. A lot of roads crossing estuaries.
Brielle pronounced Brrreeyeh.
Short walk into the pretty town to have fish & chips / mussels, sprouts and chips.
Netherlands
After another fabulous breakfast we unenthusiastically left in the rain.
Then it rained a lot and we got wet.
Cycling briskly to Breskens helped to generate some heat. Ferry to Vlissingen.
Early arrival to a B&B in Middelburg to dry everything off.
Belgium
Cool and damp.
Bought tickets to Gent and then realised that trains weren’t running well.
Arrived Gent at midday walked straight to nearby Fine Arts museum. Admired paintings.
Tram to museum of Dr Ghislaim north of city. Set in a former mental asylum, it’s part history of mental illness and treatment, part exhibitions of the art of those with mental issues. Very cheap cafe.
Belgium
Rough crossing - force 8. Dry but windy on arrival in Zeebrugge.
Warm in Bruges, delightful hosts for vrienden op de fiets who also run a B&B.
Brewery tour, mussels and beer.
BelgiumTrain delays due to signal fault at Selby. Hull very wet - soaked on ride to ferry terminal.
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