To Egmond aan Zee

The overall impression today is that we had a glorious day despite the fact that my Fitbit recorded 33993 steps and 23.87 km. A tad more than we want to do in a day. We got out of Wyk aan Zee OK but soon lost sight of any markers. Jeff used his phone's GPS to get us to De Kruisberg, our first pit stop. We trudged through woods on narrow trails and just had to trust his phone. Using the phone used up his battery fast so we could not keep it on all the time. 

We joyfully arrived at the lovely cafe in the woods, De Kruisberg, and rewarded ourselves with apple tart. With whipped cream.

When we are back on our way it happens again!!!! Lost. Can't find the markers. This time we put Johanna's Hof, our lunch spot, in Jeff's phone and away we go like Hobbits on tiny forest trails. We get there and Jeff has a big beer!!! 

Lucky, in the afternoon we fared much better. We even took a few short cuts. We passed through lovely dune scenery and then up a big dune and down again, on wooden slats, and there was the sea, blinking at us in the sunshine. Really marvellous. By this time we were sore and tired and still had to make our way several km on the beach to Egmond aan Zee, which we could see far in the distance. Walking on beaches does not appeal to me too much because it seems like you don't get anywhere. But I knew that if we kept walking we would eventually get there. We told the lady at the check in at our accommodation that we had walked from Wyk aan Zee. Then she promptly asked us if we had a car with us. Yes, we dragged it over the dunes. LOL

Now we are cleaned up and feeling much better. It is still lovely weather and the town looks interesting so we will have fun exploring a bit tomorrow. Yes, another rest day. We have more days than we needed so we are staying an extra night in some of the beach towns.

I also included a photo of yesterday's mussels.