The Afsluitdijk and on to Groningen

OK - I realise by now that I am a somewhat carefree Blogger. I must do this on a more regular basis - but things seem to get in the way, and I'm not really convinced that anyone reads this stuff anyway. Back to the travel bit of the blog (I have quite a bit more to add on this).

We were in the Netherlands, in Amsterdam. We wanted to continue north. Having seen an edition of the BBC's 'Coast' program which showed a causeway carrying a road, the E22, for 32 kilometres - we decided to go for it, and head for Groningen.

 

 Well, we had to try it, didn't we? So off we trolled, and it was quite a sight.

In the top right picture you can just make out the van - OK, I parked it straight. I seem to remember that it was the edge of a 'coach' reserved space. The dike was built between 1927 and 1932. There's lots more information here if you are interested.

The tower is at 'The Monument' on the dike. You can see where that is from this picture:

We traversed the rest of the dike and headed towards Groningen.