We knew about the storm arriving from England overnight, but were hoping that if we delayed our departure, the rain and wind would abate.  The good news is we stayed dry.  Can’t say the same for the wind.

Our route took us over the Zeelandbrug, a 3+ mile bridge over the Oosterschelde.  Tulip Cycling had planned for us to go further west to see the storm barriers, but we had eliminated that plan last night with the weather forecast.  The winds were gusting over 25 mph on this bridge, so we ended up walking 3+ miles – it was impossible to try to bike in those winds, directly in our face or just off our right shoulder.

It was not hard to decide not to continue to ride the 15+ miles further west to our overnight stay in Middleburg.  With help from a friendly Dutch woman, we figured out how to purchase train tickets for ourselves and the bike from the town of Goes to Middleburg.  The train station was less than a mile from our B & B.  Even with the “hike” we arrived before 3 pm.

Of course, we wandered a bit in the city, seeing the old Stadthuis (City Hall) and the Lange Jan, a very large Protestant Church, with two Sunday services: one more traditional, the other seemed to be more Universalist, and no cross in either sanctuary space.

14.3 miles total