While having a late breakfast/early lunch met a person who had hosted Raphel & Petra – I appeared to be a talking point 🙂
Tried o make arrangements via Warm Showers later on for tommorow, but with the short notice and it been a Friday everybody appeared to have to things already planned.
When setting off found a place to fill up the water bottles and a bin where more redundant gear could be placed. That has lightened the load a fair bit.
First ferryride but the McDonalds wifi didn’t appear.
Managed to bodge the trailer enough with zip ties and bungees to get it out of the forest. A helpful person from a nearby cafe took me down to car repair place where they managed to weld it back together.
Still dumped some of the stuff – got to figure out more to get rid of.
Heading towards the Austerlitz Paalkamperen and meet up with a couple heading back home to Switzerland.
Joined up with them until the campsite – first they had heard of these in Holland
When moving the bike around at the site it appears that getting there was the last straw for the trailer – it had broke. serious gear rearrangement time.
Resting up at a campsite to tighten center stand – doesn’t like this bike too well. Readjust bar tape on one handle bar as it’s come loose.
Trying to reduce the amount of bulk, I had dumped half the clothes before setting off initially, now dumped another lot along with the biolite charge kettle (freebie from work) that won’t charge stuff anymore. Thats a bit of wieght and bulk reduced.
Tried to do a bit shopping, unlike the UK just about everything is closed on a Sunday in Holland, just have to buy some once I set off in the morning.
Second day in Holland and ended up at a campsite so I can spend the next day making a couple of bike tweaks and figureing out what luggage to get rid of.
Attempted to take some piccys of the offshore windfarm – managed to make it out of Amsterdam eventually, got a little confused.
The cycle paths are taking a little getting used to after riding in the UK only, priority to cyclists is a new thing for me
On the ferry heading towards Holland – no turning back. Now need lots of time on deck or lots of time placing the stomach contents down the toilet.
New chain and cassette fitted – must remember to route chain correctly through derailleur had to split chain and route correctly 
Now to figure out what I must leave behind have far too much stuff so this is going to fun as sailing tomorrow.
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