Knooppunt zero

Yesterday rode out to Marken, northeast of Amsterdam along the lake created when the ZuiderZee was dammed and the land reclaimed, creating polders: flat, below sea level meadows.

Got caught by the showers in the distance -- first time riding in rain since Skye.

"Knooppunt" means junction, and for biking it identifies locations on the Dutch bicycle path system where different routes intersect. To find your way you just need to write down the sequence of KP numbers you need to follow, assuming you have the bike map showing routes. For the most part the paths are marked, but not always clearly, missing signs or with obscurely placed ones. True to form I manage to get lost in Dutch cities as readily as in English ones.

But today I was able to navigate to Schiphol airport to box up my bike in one of the boxes they sell there and leave in storage overnight until tomorrow's flight.

And so this knooppunt marks the final entry, the terminus for this blog.