After a very rainy night’s sleep at the campsite, we arose nice and early, courtesy of Berry and set off from the campsite by 9am. Upon finding a petrol station that is open (almost everything is closed on Sundays in Belgium) we discovered that the “slow puncture” on the front right tyre of Endeavour had made the tyre pretty much flat. Thus, 2 days in, SDOP had its first tyre change. Luckily the spare tyres arrived the day before departure.
Fully refuelled and tyres checked, we set off on a 3hr journey to Amsterdam. After a sight-seeing tour round Rotterdam, we found a nice campsite next to a river just on the outskirts of Amsterdam. “Camping Zeeburg” probably has an website if you want to check it out.
We are now sitting in a pub in the middle of Amsterdam writing today’s blog post just as the sun starts to shine for the first time since we left the Eurotunnel!
Tomorrow’s adventure: Germany and Czech Republic.
Standings of the countries we like most:
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- United Kingdom
- France
Looks like you are making good progress. Even if it is in the wrong direction!
Good luck chaps!
I’m sure Amsterdam is worth the diversion, although you could’ve mentioned it Matt – I have a package I need to ship to the Netherlands 😛
I hope the weather dries out for you at some point.
Nice one guys! Keep the keen up with lots of blog posts. My landlord approves of your efforts too!