Sunday 13 March 2011

The blog is back! Day 2 - 6

So it has almost been a week on the road and it really couldn't be going better. Before the trip began we had so many doubts and worries, but none of them have come to fruition.

We are currently in Brussels, staying with our friend Charles who we met in America. To celebrate our reunion we had a night in Brussels; it would also be rude not to sample the local beer and as a result I'm currently typing with a beast of a hangover. Charles insisted that we try every strong belgian beer! The average percentage was 9%. That'll do it.

So after my first post I really need to emphasise how beautiful a country Holland is, it was an absolute dream to cycle through. We stuck to the B roads and seemingly every village or town was centered around a river. We couldn't get over how clean and perfect each and every place was.

The first 2 days we were very lucky with the weather, its the age old cliché that you don't know what you've got till its gone, and this really applied in the following days. The wind was just relentless, we had to laugh about it or else we might just have cried. We battled on, but it really does slow progress down to about 7 or 8mph.

When the weather is good, we probably average around 40 to 50 miles a day, and the routine has usually been something like this: 7.30 wake up, breakfast, take down the tent, pack our bags. Set off at 9am, lunch at 12. 3pm, start looking for campsites.

We are now in Brussels and plan on being tourists for the next day or so with Charles as our tour guide. Hopefully I can post some pictures on here soon, and I will probably be able to update once every few days.

Joe