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Tomorrow, (Day 4) after @madonius talk on his trip to the #WHY2025 there is going to be a meetup at the Entropolis/ Mauldasch Village.
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I completely forgot to mention that I made it to WHY. Final distance is 357km in let's call it 3,25 days. It was lots of fun, unsure if I can manage the way back as soon as next week though :neocat_laugh_sweat:

Also my tires have just enough profile to not be instantly slippery on a wet road, the modder and sand on the WHY terrain are a challenge…

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The road behind. The road ahead. Breathtaking.

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Unfortunately I have to admit that I won't make the last 80km or so. I am tired AF, empty beyond anything I have been before and the wind has been blowing in our faces for the past hour. Now some poffertjes, and the the train to Alkmaar and from there to the #why2025camp #tourdewhy2025 #biketocamp

5km until bed, not a cm too soon. Tomorrow will be the last leg of the trip to WHY, but you may ask „@thegcat you still have a sea to cross how will you get there?“. Well, the Dutch have made driving and cycling over water possible by installing the Houtribdijk between Flevoland and Noord-Holland. It’s the somewhat think dark line on the horizon, if Mastodon doesn’t compress the image too much you might see a lorry and a dozen cars behind it (going right to left) pretty much in the middle.

Let’s just hope I don’t get headwinds, 26km with nothing around might get tiresome quickly :neocat_0_0:

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Sparing no effort in service of what can at best be described as a shitpost and besting strong headwinds (so strong… who could have predicted that a fietspad along the coast might be windy, right?), I bring you the highest elevation of Flevoland: the hilltop on which the lighthouse of Urk is built, towering at an impressive 8m above sea level. (Look it up, the Tim traveller also made a video)

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Here starts the Land of near to no elevation but all the wind! 😂

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First 30km done for today. I left the hotel pretty late because it was so comfy, and I needed some time to recover from yesterday.

The route today includes a ferry! There’s space for 12 bikes so it’s probably pretty small. FCFS is implemented with tokens you grab when arriving :neocat:

It’s also somewhat windy. My route on the other side goes pretty much in the direction the wind hose doesn’t point to :neocat_laugh_nervous: That also means I’m nearing wind-struck #why2025 ain’t I?

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So, here we go. You can track me on https://gar.mn/rZKE8M1Wo
Waiting for two people that will accompany me to Cologne.
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Made it to my final destination for today. I decided along the way to push for Apeldoorn because I a let’s say not so standard hotel, I was not disappointed. Tally for the day is 136km. My legs were not sure this was a good idea around the end, the hot soak in the room‘s mini-tub made it worth it :neocat_cofe:

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A little more than 70km in I am now entering the Netherlands. It’s even less spectacular than the picture suggests :neocat_cool:

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