Bikepacking 2025 - Rotterdam to Hook of Holland via Delft

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It's the last day of week 6 and we've arrived at our final campsite, at Hook of Holland. Tomorrow afternoon we'll take a ferry to Harwich in England.

We had a relatively short distance to cycle today from Rotterdam so we decided to extend the route a little and visit Delft as well.

Leaving Rotterdam, we detoured and cycled through a neighborhood called Delfshaven which we'd read about. It's apparently one of the few parts of Rotterdam that escaped bombing during the second world war and so the buildings and architecture are much older than elsewhere in the city.

We cycled into Delft along one of those ubiquitous canal paths.  This small medieval city got more and more attractive the closer to the centre we got.

We had coffees and slices of pecan pie at a bakery/cafe. After, we cycled around the corner to the market square. A market was in full swing. We admired the church and other buildings around the square.

M1 went into a shop and bought M2 a piece of Delft pottery which we're hoping to get home in one piece!

After enjoying Delft very much, we continued on our way, stopping briefly for groceries. The campsite was easy to find and we've settled in for our final night in continental Europe.

The campsite has an indoor games room. We took advantage if this in the afternoon to have a seriously competitive, Olympics standard table tennis and table football tournament. The results are top secret and the fact that M2 scored more goals in her own net than M1's shall never be mentioned (again)!

After dinner we walked to the beach and stroller around for a while. It seemed a shame not to as this is the first time we've camped by the sea this whole trip.

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