Biked across one of the civil engineering wonders of the 20th century, the Delta Project (many kilometers of barriers that can be moved up and down to allow normal tides or block rising ocean levels from flooding the countryside)
Yesterday I biked for about 13 hours (with breaks), maybe 200km (120 miles), twice as far as I’d planned. The weather was perfect, I had a tailwind, navigating was easy, and I was in a euphoric cycling state of mind. So when I reached my planned campground around 4, I kept going… and only when it started to get dark after 10 (solstice, moderately high latitude) did I think about stopping. I even found myself idly thinking about biking all night because I was in such a good mood– but fortunately common sense took over before I did something that crazy (I was out of food and water, only had a small light, canal ferries wouldn’t have been running). It’s a sickness, I tell you!
Through drifting sand (varied terrain
Towards wind turbines (varied terrain
Along the North Sea (varied terrain
Miniature pony obstacle course on the bike path
Bikepath cafe by the ocean serving local mussels (I’d been postponing eating lunch for hours, hoping to find a place like this)
Bike path between two canals (near Sluis), very pleasant.
Ferry ticket vending machine (pedestrians, bikes, and motorcycles only)
Planning out the next few days of biking (after a week mostly off the bike, hanging out with friends). Gold = past destinations, copper = planned route.