From Mainz to home

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Voyageur From Mainz to home
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- 13 juin 2022 à 19:51
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Utrecht Wijk bij Duurstede 51.976833, 5.31627851°58’37” N 5°18’59” E
Jour 11
Arnhem to Wijk bij Duurstede
13 juin 2022, Pays-Bas ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Interesting Dutch breakfast : boiled egg, melon, fruit yoghurt, various cheeses, various breads. Black tea by request.

Very easy finding our way using the Dutch Knoppunt system. Most of the time we were riding through nature parks and forests with occasional glimpses of the Rhine.

Very moving visit to the Arnhem / Osterbeek war cemetery where the fighters from “A Bridge too far” / operation Market Garden are buried. Most died within a couple of days and were aged between 18 and 28.

Headwind all day - hard work!

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Voyageur From Mainz to home
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- 14 juin 2022 à 20:07
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Zuid-Holland Krimpenerwaard Schoonhoven 51.947155, 4.84571451°56’50” N 4°50’45” E
Jour 12
Wijk to Schoonhoven
14 juin 2022, Pays-Bas ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Quiet night on the alpaca farm. Sunny and dry all day with a moderate tail wind - so much easier than the last few days.

Riding on top of the dykes looking down onto farms in the polders - a lot growing pears.

Have met other cycle tourists on similar missions.

Another Vreinden op de Fiets host this evening and a picnic tea.En savoir plus
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Voyageur From Mainz to home
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- 15 juin 2022
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Noord-Holland Haarlem 52.380909, 4.63222552°22’51” N 4°37’56” E
Jour 13
Rotterdam and Haarlem
15 juin 2022, Pays-Bas ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our delightful Vrienden op de Fiets host Elly is kept busy with guests and liked the Bromptons.

Dry, hot and sunny with a slight tail wind. The best cycling section was in the polders with prolific bird and insect life.

Famous Kinderdijk (19 windmills in a row) was busy with tourists with cameras.

Little ferry to cross two rivers.

The back streets of Rotterdam transitioned into a very busy city centre with cars, lorries, trams , cyclists and pedestrians everywhere. Only segregated cycle lanes brought a measure of safety.

Train to Haarlem for a rest day from cycling. Haarlem is a nice size, slightly quirky, pretty.En savoir plus
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- 16 juin 2022
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- Pays-Bas Provincie Noord-Holland Haarlem 52.380961, 4.63237852°22’51” N 4°37’57” E
Jour 14
Haarlem
16 juin 2022, Pays-Bas ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
A day exploring Haarlem. After two breakfasts, a visit to St Bavo’s, or Grote Kerk - well worth the €3 entrance. It was as lofty as Köln cathedral and an organist was practising while we were there.

Picnic lunch from Deka Market. Archaeological museum- small but well explained and free.

A recce of the route to the ferry, worthwhile as it is a bit complicated and the advice from those queueing was to come early.

Tea in Chickpea (every dish made from chickpeas).En savoir plus
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- 17 juin 2022 à 21:47
- 🌙 17 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- North Sea 53.176844, 3.11238453°10’37” N 3°6’45” E
Jour 15
Haarlem / Ijmuiden/Newcastle
17 juin 2022, North Sea ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Final walk around Haarlem to view a couple more statues associated with Dutch Resistance during WWII. Some souvenir shopping and a final coffee.

A smooth ride to the ferry terminal at Ijmuiden.

First experience of DFDS - a smooth sailing so far.En savoir plus
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Arnhem to Wijk bij Duurstede

Wijk to Schoonhoven

Rotterdam and Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem / Ijmuiden/Newcastle