Our second holiday week showed good weather, and we spent several days camping and cycling in the north. A short update:
On Monday we took an evening stroll across the Ginkelse Heide near Ede and visited the sheep's den. On Tuesday we headed to Harlingen, where Karolien and David watched the boats in the harbor, and Peter and I continued the Waddenzee Cycle Route until the 'Black Rooster' near St. Annapolder. Here you have a marvellous view over the 'kwelder' landscape between the Frisian mainland and the Dutch islands. We spent the night on a small pittoresque camping site.

On Wednesday Karolien and the boys went for a ride, while I cycled along the coast to Lauwersoog. I also visited Dokkum, where the Frisians killed the Anglosaxon apostle Boniface, now 1250 years ago. On Thursday we paid a visit to the 16th century fortress of Bourtange in east Groningen. After that, Karolien and the boys drove home, while I cycled from Nieuwerschans to Warfum, where I spent the night with a very hospitable couple from the Cycling Friends Foundation.
On Friday I went up early to catch the morning boat to Schiermonnikoog, Holland's smallest inhabited island. In the afternoon I headed to Groningen city, the first track of the Saxon Cycle Route, where I jumped on the train back home. Today Rob and Mannie came over and treated us on an extensive meal.
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