Zombies keren in juli 2024 terug naar Nederland.

DannyC

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Omdat er in onze nadagen misschien niet al te veel meer mogelijkheden voor ons beschikbaar zijn, hebben Paul en ik besloten om Nederland in juli van dit jaar stormenderhand te veroveren. We hebben geen echte vaste agenda en we zijn van plan om een beetje door het zuiden te dwalen als de fantasie ons brengt. Ik zal elke dag proberen mijn batterijen te verzorgen en Paul heeft gezegd dat hij mij en mijn aanhanger zal slepen als alles faalt.

We hopen Tilburg te halen en zouden graag nog meer lokale "Zombies" tegenkomen die er in de buurt zijn.
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And for those not conversant/fluent in Dutch....

As there may not be too many more opportunities available to us in our twilight years Paul and I have decided to take the Netherlands by storm in July of this year. We have no real fixed agenda and we intend to meander around the South a bit as the fancy takes us. I shall be attempting to nurse my batteries each day and Paul has said he will tow me and my trailer when everything fails.

We hope to make it to Tilburg and would be happy to “bump into” any more local “Zombies” that might be around.
 
maddox said:
Greetings from Belgium.
And Tilburg ain't a big hop for Babeth and me. Just need more accurate arrival times.
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Hi Maddox, we are still in the planning stage. We will have our travel schedule sorted ASAP and will let you know.
We can only escape from our better-halves for 10-11 days and all we know at the moment is that we are arriving in Nederland on the 2nd AM and leaving on the 12th PM.

The date we will be at Tilburg to meet folks is somewhere in the middle (of course).

Watch this space. :)
 
maddox said:
Greetings from Belgium.
And Tilburg ain't a big hop for Babeth and me. Just need more accurate arrival times.
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You were on the list to be contact when we had figured out where we might be and how long we could stop in one place.
there is so much to see and so many places to lose DannyC !

Paul
 
A small update, with a definite "glossing over" of the worst bits (Paul may expand on them as he sees fit).

Paul & I met up in Maasluis after landing at our respective ferry ports (Hook for me, and Rotterdam for Paul).
After some refreshment we cycled to the Erasmusbrug bridge and took a ferry (25Km) to Dordrecht.
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We had lunch in Dordrecht and then travelled to our first campsite.
I had a major financial disaster at this point on this first day (I lost my wallet with all my money, cards etc. etc. as it fell out of my pocket onto the road somewhere) but with help from my family at home and some frantic calls to my bank(s) etc. a bank transfer of funds and Paul's assistance we managed to overcome things.

Paul and I learnt how to climb on top of a picnic table to get out of the rain-puddle growing under our feet.
A very nice Dutch lady saw us shivering in the cold and wet under the pergola and invited us to come and take Coffee with her and her husband and we spent about 2 hours with these charming and delightful people.
Our intended campsite in Tilburg was full when we got there towards the end of the day and we frantically called around to find another place.
We were rejected out of hand by several potential campsites for no good reason we could fathom but one lovely lady at "Camping Petit013" took us in and it turned out to be the best site of the tour.
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We did manage to meet up with @Emiel in Hilvarenbeek for lunch on the Saturday :) . Maddox was sadly Hors-de-combat with Covid :(.

We achieved all of the goals that we set for ourselves regarding Islands, towns/villages visited and total of 287 miles (459Km) were e-assist traveled by me, and wholly manpower-pedaled by Paul.

My biggest battery (20AH) failed on our longest trip (82Km 51.6 Miles) from Hulten to Melissant (via Ould Tonge for dinner) ) we were towing our fully loaded trailers and we limped along and arrived after dark and pitched our tents by torchlight. We were both rather exhausted I think.

We stayed here for 2 nights and then made our way back to the port area via the Krabbeplat and another campsite for 2 nights.

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Everywhere we stayed we took the opportunity to visit as many of the local places we could.

The weather was the worst I have experienced in any of my four my trips to Holland, there were very few Sunny days and most of the time we were dodging rain showers or storms. A lot of card playing was done in our evenings while we watched the rain falling.

Verdict:
A good trip with both highs and lows, some wonderful cycling and some abysmal weather. Ha! Ha!
 
I certainly can't decode the language, but come here for the photos.
Your trip photos are always great.

Brad
 
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