This morning could be mistaken for summer, it’s 18C when we set off to catch the ferry to the Zuider Zee Museum, which is included in the €16 ticket price. The deck hand is a friendly chap who knows Falmouth well as he was driving lorries of fish during the makerel bonanzas of the 70s and 80s. From the ferry we get really good views of all the tall ships lined up near our camperstop. We alight at the open air museum which tells of the reclamation of land a...

We leave Urk around 11:00 and almost as soon as we are out of town we see more tulips. After a few miles of motorway we drive beside the Ijsselmeer for a short time then descend behind a dyke with wind turbines stretching out along the top. At Lelystad we have to wait while the bridge is raised. Once lowered we cross it and pull into a parking area. Barges sail under the bridge tthrough locks and boats scurry about on the inland sea. On a nearby island is th...