Finally got up around 7:30. I'm still pretty crap at getting ready, not my old 20 minute self (but I'm working on it Paul).
The weather is ghastly so there wasn't much incentive to get going. It had rained a little last night and the wind was howling, it was cold too. I dressed in my thermal top and longs as well as my Goretex. My butt isn't feeling too bad today either.
I crossed the Afsluitdijk today. The wind was incessant but not that strong. I caught up to a dutch couple that were spending 8 days rising around the sea. Chatted for a while and then went on, they caught me at the first stop, and took a photo of me in front of a statue to Lely who designed the dyke in the late 19th century.
By the end of the dyke the weather was wearing me down a bit. But at end I got to turn south. Ahhh. So much easier, a tail wind at last. The rest of the day was sooooo much easier thanks to the tail wind. In the end I wasn't getting tired until just a few K's before I finished. (The training is going well there Paul, should easily be able to do 100 K's/day by the time you get here.)
It rained lightly after lunch but I decided to get going anyway as it looked okay further south and I had a tail wind. Of course, if you think about it, a tail wind … that means the rain is going to keep up doesn't it :) However I did eventually out run it. I didn't really stop after that, I was enjoying the ride too much and wanted to get in before my butt started to hurt too much, about 1:45 pm today.
One downer today, it is Sunday, so nothing is open. However, as it happens, there is nothing here to be open so it is a moot point. I went to one of the local restaurants that was advertising a plate of the day for 9.5 Euro and had that, excellent, see the photo. The meat is like a mince patty but is quite meaty, not sure. The chips were nice too.
I shaved!
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