Have fun
OK this is what happened (with any gory details removed).....
A small update, with a definite "glossing over" of the worst bits.
My friend Paul & I met up in Maasluis after landing at our respective ferry ports (Hook for me, and Rotterdam for Paul).
After some refreshment we cycled to the Erasmusbrug bridge and took a ferry (25Km) to Dordrecht.
We had lunch in Dordrecht and then travelled to our first campsite.
I had a major financial disaster at this point on this first day (I lost my wallet with all my money, cards etc. etc. as it fell out of my pocket onto the road somewhere) but with help from my family at home and some frantic calls to my bank(s) etc. a bank transfer of funds and Paul's assistance we managed to overcome things.
Paul and I learnt how to climb on top of a picnic table to get out of the rain-puddle growing under our feet.
A very nice Dutch lady saw us shivering in the cold and wet under the pergola and invited us to come and take Coffee with her and her husband and we spent about 2 hours with these charming and delightful people.
Our intended campsite in Tilburg was full when we got there towards the end of the day and we frantically called around to find another place.
We were rejected out of hand by several potential campsites for no good reason we could fathom but one lovely lady at "Camping Petit013" took us in and it turned out to be the best site of the tour.
We did manage to meet up with our Dutch friend Emiel in Hilvarenbeek for lunch on the Saturday
We achieved all of the goals that we set for ourselves regarding Islands, towns/villages visited and total of 287 miles (459Km) were e-assist traveled by me, and wholly manpower-pedaled by Paul.
My biggest battery (20AH) failed on our longest single trip (82Km 51.6 Miles) from Hulten to Melissant (via Ould Tonge for dinner) ) we were towing our fully loaded trailers and we limped along and arrived after dark and pitched our tents by torchlight. We were both rather exhausted I think.
We stayed here for 2 nights and then made our way back to the port area via the Krabbeplat and another campsite for 2 nights.
I arrived back at Harwich on this morning's 06:30 ferry.
As all I had was my phone and the contactless payment it offers, no cards, not even the car parking ticket to try and get a price from the car park machine at Harwich I was worried they would not let me out of the car park as I could not pay or that they would slap loads of charges on. But.....After a 2 minute call to the number on the machine I was instructed to "wait there" and in 5 mins a lovely lady popped out of nowhere and handed me a car park exit pass and said "Here's your 'get out of jail free' card" and I escaped without paying the £8.60/day charge OR the £85 lost ticket admin charge. Success!
40 minutes later I was home with my lovely wife.
Everywhere we stayed we took the opportunity to visit as many of the local places we could.
The weather was the worst I have experienced in any of my four my trips to Holland, there were very few Sunny days and most of the time we were dodging rain showers or storms. A lot of card playing was done in our evenings while we watched the rain falling.
Verdict:
A good trip with both highs and lows, some wonderful cycling and some abysmal weather. Ha! Ha!
Thanks for the update. I'm pleased to hear you made the most of it despite bad weather and loss of wallet. I tried a recumbent bike back in the 1980s and things don't stay in your pockets. It's the angle your sitting at - a bit like how change finds its way down the crack of sofas.
Nope, it really was a long claypipe.
But the tother would have been funny in front of kiddies in their preteens.
And yes I am pleased you were the first to take this opportunity!!!
Nope, it really was a long claypipe.
But the tother would have been funny in front of kiddies in their preteens.
And yes I am pleased you were the first to take this opportunity!!!
I've sold several to those who do re-enactments ...
This is why W and I always put dosh and cards in separate places so we'll always have at least one working card and some folding money in case of theft, accidents etc. And in the hoose we lock stuff away in difficult to open places at night and when we are out, having been burgled twice.
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Over the past week me middle squirrel has visited many times. Normally early morning eye hear me fence rattle as he climbs it. Eye can now open the window and drop a nut on me slabs wiv oot scaring him. He's still nervous but this is a big improvement. He knows eye provide hazel nuts. Can also drop em from me kitchen window. He's more nervous of that but dun't run oft like before if eye open the window or stick me paw oot to drop a nut.
DevonGuy
Well-Known Member
Course not. Darzet be littered wi’ dead church wardens .
Hippo
Lord Hippo
Number 2 water butt ain't bin passing much water to number 3. The connecting pipe is inner u shape loop that was sticking up. Me finks this stopped it and it were leaking oot the joint over time. Tis only push on flexy pipe. Loop has bin pushed down just below level. Will see iffit sorts it. Me new butt ain't ere yet.
...that we have been mostly engaged in making "Creme de Cassis" today. W started making it without consulting our stock of vodka.
We never drink it so only keep it for this sort of thing.
She ought to have done as we find ourselves one bott short, 3 wasn't enough!
Hope this recipe works better than the last one or it'll be an expensive waste of time!
We never drink it so only keep it for this sort of thing.
She ought to have done as we find ourselves one bott short, 3 wasn't enough!
Hope this recipe works better than the last one or it'll be an expensive waste of time!
A toasted heed?Morning all el scorchio already & leaving soon for the motor festival, wonder what I'll come back with.
Njoy yer day zoners
Happy to take one for the teamNope, it really was a long claypipe.
But the tother would have been funny in front of kiddies in their preteens.
And yes I am pleased you were the first to take this opportunity!!!
Bein a growed up sucks, I tries to avoid it.
And made of clay. How is the stem formed Dips?
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Tectonic fault halfway down the path
Wondered what the smell was!
Ok I shall haud my wheeshed (all the one word) not wee shed silent E in shed
A word also used in me homeland ------ about 40 seconds inOk I shall haud my wheeshed (all the one word) not wee shed silent E in shed
