Good Afternoon All,

Well today I am sitting in the restaurant of Camping De Woudehoeve in Egmond aan de Hoef. It is a large campsite which has been taken over by Topparken, it is clean and well adapted for wheelchair access and has excellent facilities (well done Topparks).

We got here after leaving the Camping Schoonenberg in Velsen Zuid which was a natural camping in a beautiful setting and really good for families with kids that want to try the good life.

Our ride from Den Haag to Velsen Zuid was a late one and we ended up getting to the camping at 11 oçlock in the evening where we were greeted by Mike who showed us the way to our camping spot, I made some tea with Jimmy who was nearly asleep and Libby and Lou set up the tents in no time at all (thanks Lou I couldn't do this without you, you are the brightest star in my night sky). The ride was magnificent, we met a hungry fox whilst riding through the downs and we became friends. The fox ended up showing me complete trust and even took food from my hand which we were lucky enough to get on film so you will all be able to watch the footage online when I return. The rest of the ride was quite hard going up and down through the downs but we got there in one piece and very tired.

The next day after leaving Camping Schoonenberg we cycled to the pont and crossed to Velsen Noord and on to the Luchter Zeeduinen which were quite flat and easy cycling. We passed Castricum aan Zee and arrived in Egmond aan de Hoef in good time. After Lou had once more set up camp we relaxed with a nice cup of tea and my compulsory cigarette. We awoke this morning wet from sweat and I had to get out of the tent a.s.a.p before I melted and became a stick thin human.

We are now enjoying a toastie and a drink before we make a move to Petten (Camping 't Ruige Veld) which is only thirty kilometers up the road so it should be an easy cycle.

Before I forget I would like to thank a few people. Firstly I would like to thank my trainers, Frank van Aamersfoort from the Chariot in Eibergen for beating me into shape for the ride and phoning this morning, Thea Ammerlaan my acupuncturist for helping me with incontinence problems and improving the natural flow of my biorhythms etc. and Bert Vogel from the Eiberrun for my cycle programme which has worked perfectly. I would also like to thank all my sponsors for the articles and funding that they have put in. I won't link to them all here but alternatively you can surf the site and find the links yourselves. Thanks also to all friends that have supported us before and during this adventure and a special thankyou goes out to Paul and Leonie. it was a big surprise to see you turn up in Velsen Zuid and we really appreciated your visit, it meant a lot to all of us!!!