sunday, 10th of august - 110 km

i call it the day with water. 

after leaving the van der velds late, same reason as the days before, i cycled alongside a channel. it's not only amsterdam, the entire netherlands seem to be full of channels. each guarded by a bike path. very nice to ride this way. 

only handicap, didn't pass many villages. so opportunities for getting food were rare. but then a nice old town, kampen - checked into the main place full of cafés. te majesteit provided food enough for the next kilometers. 

and more water came, this time from above. as it rained heavily i thought of going to amsterdam by train, but that would have taken all my money - so rather went on, getting soaked. 

in the midst of all that water came one highlight of the day. a kiosk, with a funny young man, a boxer, as it turned out, who knew about food and what i needed. so he provided me with a notable amount of calories and an energy drink! cross my fingers for him, that he makes it to the next olympics. 

strong again cycling was easy, weather got better and i almost made it to amsterdam. 

finding a place for the night was hard then - i had started late, cause there was a long way no possibility. i rode so long,  that i fell twice in half an hour. first due to water again - slippery road. second on being not concentrated when sat nav tried to lead me wrong. nothing serious but the loss of my bike bell. 

eventually reached muiderberg, first place to ask for night shelter. some helpful people (even in hotel) but no space. so wies and bernard had to take me, i left them no chance. and like most of the occasions i had to surch long - so nice with them, special people. first family that let me sleep on couch! 

my clothes still soaked! water not forgotten.