Started out along the long and not so winding road! Nearly twenty kilometres in a perfectly straight line. Really peaceful way to start the day.
Saw Lamas on the dyke...
At Den Oever there was a fishing festival going on and we soon found ourselves having a look around a trawler. Random but kinda fun.
All the boats had flags and flowers on them.
And naturally, there was plenty of fish on sale.
None of it looked particularly edible to me though!?
There was also a very entertaining old fashioned motor-bicycle race.
We rode through the town, which had been completely enveloped by the festival.
Then we came across some disappointing news - that turned out to be a lucky break. Bad news: The road was closed to cyclists! Good news, they’d put on a free bus for us!
We were supposed to be crossing a mega dyke/dam. It’s nearly 30km long! (See below).
You can just make it out in the satellite photo, linking the east and west side of the water (top middle). The bus took us about 20km across to beyond the road works, saving us a lot of effort.
It was so hot, that after a look around the visitors centre, we had to get in the water. Although we had both fancied the challenge of cycling the dam, it would have been super hot and noisy next to the busy duel carriage way.
With the extra time we had, we went swimming!
All cooled off, we crossed the remainder of the dam and past a little village called Zurich which had us smile.
In town, we found shade and ice creams before locating the night’s accommodation.
It was one of the strangest places we’ve ever stayed - lots of little cabins, inside an industrial unit!
Still, we were happy to be out of the sunshine, so put out feet up on the indoor outdoor terrace.
There was also an outdoor patio area out back, so we cooled up some good food and rested in the shade.
Total Ride: 63.3km (with about 20 of that by bus!).
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