Rain, 16-22deg, total for the tour 1902km. The pitter patter of rather heavy rain on the windows this morning convinced us we had to go to Plan B for our trip to the airport. So after brekky we walked across the square to the Railway Station, purchased our tickets and checked the timings. A train every four minutes; we think that'll work for us. We were looking forward to a leisurely 19km ride to commence our long journey home, however not in pouring rain. Packed...

Fine with early fog clearing to a sunny day, 19 - 22 deg, 22km, av. 14.7km/h, total 1902km. The last full day in Holland before we start our long journey back home tomorrow afternoon. A ride to the beach about 10km away was first up. Went to Bloemmendaal aan Zee first via a leafy path adjacent a national park, then made our way along the esplanade (which looks man-made to keep the sea from taking over Holland) to Zandvoort aan Zee. Both were fairly quiet as it wa...

Partly cloudy with a late afternoon shower, 18-23deg, 58km, av.15.3km/h, tot. 1880km. We felt the need to ride so after brekky we got the bikes out of the monster bike park (capacity 4,000) and went riding. First we took a trip to the Airport just to make sure there will be no hiccup finding it on Monday. As soon as we reached the southern edge of Haarlem we found a well signed separate path which took us all the way to the front door of Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airp...

Cloudy with some drizzle, 19-22deg. The bikes stayed in the bike park today as we explored on foot. After brekky we caught the train to Alkmaar to watch the world famous Friday Cheese Market in the 'Weighing Square'. It first started about 400 years ago and the tradition has continued to this day, albeit with some theatrics for us tourists. Judging by the enormous crowd it is a very popular spectacle. In short, a whole stack of cheese is carried onto the square o...

Fine, warm and sunny, 19-26deg, 40km, av. 13.3km/hr, tot. 1822km. Up early for another wander around this beautiful city, which feels more like a village. Took our time over a nice brekky and one final look at Leiden as we rode north. We didn't follow the numbers today preferring to just follow well-signed cycle paths between each village. This resulted in us riding through a series of fairly modern and pleasant villages. We also passed through one of the main tu...