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Geek, Dyke, Brewer, Rider of Bikes, Archer, Quixotic, Generally Curious, Mostly Harmless, she/her

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Welcome to - Day 03

Today I’m going to be crossing these borders:
🚲 Neuenhaus 🇩🇪- Coevorden 🇳🇱

I’m going to be taking 6 trains (total 364km), 1 bus (22km), and a cycle leg Twist - Coevorden - Neuenhaus (53km)

Today’s live blog page is here 👇
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-day-03/

And this is the first toot of today’s Mastodon thread

Here’s the video summary of what’s coming up today! https://urbanists.video/w/76z5PZubcxBpS6AMgf3QQ7

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@jon I got it the other way round. The rain started as I got off the train onto the platform. I'm now soaked.

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@jon everything still good for tomorrow? 1400 @ Enschede station

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@jon excellent. Am looking forward to it. Just hope I sleep ok in the tent tonight.

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So wtf are these hunebedden that I've been talking about all day? Giant's beds. They rock!

Sorry, autocarrot. They are rocks. Specifically they are neolithic tombs that date from the time of the funnel beaker people. There are loads of them across the north of the Netherlands, into Germany, Denmark and into the Baltic nations. Where did the rocks come from? Scandinavia. Brought to the Netherlands by ice in an ice age 150k years ago.

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The fact these rocks came all the way from Scandinavia, transported here by glacier, highlights how the Netherlands is made up of the moraine of glaciers from iceages.

The same ridge of sand and gravel that gives us the Utrechtse heuvelrug and the Veluwe, also gives us the gravel pits that line the A14 in east Anglia. All of it delivered here by ice.

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The hunebedden are the rocks. Here's the roll. A roll cloud moving across Drenthe.

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Today wasn't all about the hunebedden. It was also about enjoying beautiful countryside. The rain sucked, but what came after was so beautiful. It was worth the wet feet, and the muddy bike, as a price to pay in return for the beautiful performance that followed. Drenthe, you are beautiful.

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Crawled into my tent. Then realised I've left the chocolate bar I want to eat on my bike. And I need to pee...

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Turns out I was hungry enough to eat the full pot. I have a belly full of hot tasty food. Now to wash up, and then crawl into my nice warm sleeping bag

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Looking at the size of this pot I'm starting to worry I've made too much...

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Almost there. 2 more mins...

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Potatoes taking ages to cook. Very hungry.

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Hunebedden found: 7
Kilometres cycled: 55km
Am now back at the campsite. Time to have a shower. And put in some dry socks. The rest of me is dry. My feet, less so.

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@twobiscuits I'll post photos once I've eaten.

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Somewhat later than planned. I've started cooking dinner.

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@haayman no it's definitely dinner. Mince beef and potato hotpot.

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Clean dry clothes. Yay. Have put waterproof socks on, so even tho my shoes are soaked. My feet are nice and dry.

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5 people on this campsite. And there's a queue for the shower...

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Filthy...

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I'm genuinely surprised how few people there are on this campsite. Sure it's May, and we've not exactly had a warm spring, but still.

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Hunebedden found: 4.
Total number of people on this campsite: me
Kilometres ridden: 22

Rain is definitely easing up. Am gonna go in search of WiFi passwords and toilet roll, then head for a bike ride.

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Correction. There is also a caravan which is occupied. Not sure by how many people tho.

Tent is up. Rain has stopped. Sun is out. Just drying out a bit and having some food before I head out for another ride. There's more hunebedden to hunt

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Right. Enough procrastinating. There's hunebedden to hunt!

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Hunebedden found: 2
I am very wet. I'm not certain my waterproof jacket is waterproof any more. Had some sand which I had to walk. But else it's been lovely, even with the rain. Have found a cafe and am warming up a little with a drink, and also drying out. There's no massive rush.

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@MikeFromLFE mostly I'd like my glasses to stop fogging up...

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Looks like things have settled down to a constant ~3mm/hr until 1830. i have half hour to go to get to the campsite.

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Well I guess at least I get to test just how hydrophobic the down in my new sleeping bag is...

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