Here’s another batch of pictures from our summer’s cycling jaunt. See last post (Three countries, seas of dykes, waves of windmills) to see where I am and why!
Dutch dykes, British bikes
- Green dykes, green sheep!
Green dags, green heads, green herds.
We're up here on the bike road and not down there on the car road.
Riding a wind-blown, sea-splashed dyke near Den Helder.
A dyke and a light and a bike - Den Helder
Molly on board the ferry to Vlieland.
Aboard and be-hatted. That's not Gary, by the way, but a friendly Dutch passenger who told Molly that the Dutch translation for binoculars are 'Far Lookers'.
The long and rickety jetty onto the sandy island of Vlieland.
It's a steep push up...
...and a long way along.
Bikes make good washing lines.
More camping. More washing drying.
Molly on strike.
Canal-side camping beside a very busy up-and-down bridge.
Another up-and-down bridge in an up-and-down sideways world.
Have windmill, will camp.
More camping. More and more bags of bags.
More windfarms.
The wind's coming from this way and we're going that way!
Fresh off another ferry.
Molly treading cautiously along a German bike path that doubles as the sheep's toilet.
Tucking into a pile of sticky freebies from a kindly? German baker.
Sleeping bagged and content within tent.
October 23rd, 2012
I love the bucket and potty hanging from the back of the bike – nothing’s going to stop you guys from getting out there and having fun on your bikes!
October 24th, 2012
fantastic, great pics. hope to out on my bike in a couple of weeks but will be staying in a YHA.
November 19th, 2012
I can’t help but wonder: why are the sheep green?
They don’t colour ’em over here in OZ!
And why was Molly on strike?
What did you mad parents do to the child?
November 20th, 2012
I was also wondering about that. Here in New York, (and the whole USA) I’ve never seen a green sheep.Although there are not to many sheep in New York City where I live.
June 28th, 2013
[…] I know that road well, although I usually opt for an easier route. After this inauspicious beginning they go on to have many cycling misadventures together before eventually going their separate ways. What I like most about Josie's books is the way that her sheer love of cycling shines through. She loves cycling and she loves camping, these are not just a means to an end for her as they are for many travel writers. She is now married with two young children but this has not stopped her cycling and the family spent last summer touring Holland, Germany and Denmark. […]