Holland

[caption id="attachment_298" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Spokey Dokeys - A must on any trans continental cycle tour (thanks Phil & Ellie!)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_299" align="aligncenter" width="300"] First 'wild' (or not so wild) camping spot in a public park. Nobody seemed to mind.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_300" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Dutch love their canals... Makes for a strange image in the countryside![/caption] [caption id="attachment_301" align="aligncenter" width="225"] A wet day for windmill spotting![/caption] [caption id="attachment_302" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Salubrious accommodation indeed!
We're offered a place to stay in an abandoned caravan... beats putting up a tent in the rain![/caption] [caption id="attachment_304" align="aligncenter" width="225"] The road to Germany... we think?[/caption] [caption id="attachment_303" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Next country please![/caption]

Amsterdam

October 6, 2012

Holland

Arriving from the wet and windy shores of the UK, we decided to give ourselves a ‘mini-moon’ in beautiful Amsterdam before the trip start proper. Having spoiled ourselves for four days on great food, beers in the sunshine and plenty of people watching we dragged ourselves away to explore the rest of the country…