We’re early risers this morning and the sun is shining. Ali and Grete walk into town to see the Cheese Market, traditionally held in Gouda most Thursdays. Rows of cheeses are lined up in the town square forming a yellow aisle from the Town Hall to the Weighing House. Horses and carts [known as briks] arrive as do a gang of boys ready to load them. Girls in traditional dairy maid outfits handing out tasting samples then the buyers, [in clogs, blue jackets, n...

A bright and sunny morning at last. There is a long queue at the service point and we are behind a fastidious Frenchman with a small bore hose that takes ages to fill his tank. Just when we think he’s finished his wife passes out a dozen plastic water bottles to fill. We’re finally on the road at 11:30, driving alongside the river and cycle route we walked back on yesterday, and past the entrance to Kinderdijk. Again it’s crowded with a rivercruiser moo...