We were told that the
forecast for today was better but it was grey and overcast over
breakfast and it was soon raining again. As I write this in mid
morning, it is definitely getting brighter and it hasn't rained for
some time so we hope that we will be able to walk later as planned.
We set off in the late
morning walking the short distance to the path into the woods. There
is a very wide area of sand dunes here, a natural barrier that
protects the land from flooding – our campsite is a few metres
below sea level. We struck out in the direction of the sea and after
crossing many dunes we walked up a final high dune to be faced by the
sea and a very long stretch of beach. This is obviously very popular
for bathing in the Summer but there were also plenty of people here
now, walking, riding horses or cycling.
We walked into a strong
breeze all along the beach until we reached the large resort of
Noordwijk. We had been told that there was a Chinese restaurant here
and we soon found it. Their special lunch menu was Nasi Goreng so we
headed on in and ordered it. It wasn't the Indonesian Nasi Goreng
that we remembered but it was very good and the pot of China tea went
down very well with it.
After buying a
selection of Dutch cheese from a very good cheese shop in the town,
we walked back on the land side of the dunes. A very pleasant walk
and excellent lunch.
Photos: The beach at
Noordwijk.
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