Day 19

Day 19
Oost Souburg - Ouddorp 58.37 miles

For a long time we have looked very much forward to this stretch of cycling. The prevailing wind for this time of year is S.W. and cycling on the dikes with this wind is magic. You just sail over it on smooth asphalt paths. But no.....not today. We had a N.E. Force 4/5 and it became extremely hard going. We were only doing 4 miles p/h.!
But we got there. It was cold and we had to put extra jackets on, even these proved to be difficult to put on.
Now Lionel wears cycling shorts and I wear 3/4 trousers. When we passed some men doing some outside gardening, one of them shouted: 'well I can see, who's wearing the trousers here' ! We both laughed, it was funny the way he said it -in Dutch of course- and of course Lionel understood what he said.
As we cycled today -all the time along the coast -, much is displayed in several places about the liberation. At one point, there was a tank and landing craft on display and they had also made the place into a war museum. Vlissingen or Flushing is a lovely coastal town and much goes on here on the water. We started this morning by moving up on to the island of Noord-Beveland. From there on to Schouwen Duiveland, then on to the island of Goeree Overflakkee and tomorrow on to the island of Voorne Putten. All these islands are connected with dikes, water everywhere and open to the elements. And that is where a S.W. wind would have been a real treat. We have had this experience some years ago and it is just awesome.
Tomorrow will be our last day and we will travel back by ferry tomorrow night. First we will visit more family members.



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