Early fog, staying cloudy all day with a late shower, 18-21deg, 26km, av. 12.3km/hr, tot. 1733km. The motel brekky was excellent, cooked & cold, everything you'd want and more. They even had little boxes of chocolate granules or shavings (locally known as mouse ****) in four varieties/colours. The locals put it on their toast; decadence! Not only was there a cycle path right outside our motel door but it was number 17, the one we needed to start our ride to T...

Fine with sunny periods early, clouding over and dull with drizzle later, 19-24deg. The predicted thunderstorm for yesterday afternoon finally arrived at 4am this morning cooling the place down. The locals, like us, were pleased about that, although they did come out in droves for various water-sports and to worship the sun yesterday. Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and one of the worlds busiest. It started life as a Dam on the Rotte River and was settled...