Good morning All,

Well we have cycled as far as Renesse (De Wijde Blik) now and we are still loving it. Yesterday was a really tough ride, we left Nieuwe en St. Joosland at about 4 oçlock in the afternoon and headed towards Neeltje Jans to make the crossing towards Renesse. We arrived in good time and climbed the hill at the foot of Neeltje Jans. We were the only ones that cycled to the top because everyone else was walking with their bikes, this gave us a great feeling and we certainly got some good looks from passers by.

The scenery was breath taking and it reminded Lou and I of the scenery back home and we said how nice it would be to live in that area. Middelburg we thought was beautiful and the houses there reminded us of Amsterdam.

The wind was strong and against us yesterday, the temperature was for Dutch standards a heat wave (36 degrees) but we are not going to let little things like that stand in our way because we are on a mission and we are determined to complete it whether it kills us or not!

I took a few photos yesterday on my telephone after I remembered that the damned thing had a basic camera function, the photos aren't great but this doesnt matter too much because I think they will be ok for the internet. I will try to see if I can post a few online but this could be a little tricky so I will wait untill I have some more time to complete this.

This post is a short one but we would like to make a fairly early start and make a move before it gets even hotter.

Best wishes to all and speak later

Matt