Abi & I spent 2 weeks touring Belgium and the Netherlands in Rockstar, our campervan.
We set of Friday morning and visited family in Hampshire.
On Saturday, we visited Petersfield Lake where we started our holiday with an ice cream and a bag of duck food.
From there, we drove to Hythe ready to cross to France on The Channel Tunnel the next morning.
Our route took us past Chertsey, where we knew Popsie & Elaine were staying in their camper. Seeing as it was Popsies bithday we called in for a little while.
On Saturday we were up early and in France by 10:30am.
Bruge:
We drove straight to our campsite, Camping Memling, just outside Bruge. Once we had checked in and set up Rockstar, we cycled in Bruge.
On Sunday, we played in the forest park next to the campsite, before cycling back into Bruge for pizza and Abi also had a go in a climbing/boldering place that we stumbled across.
Middelburg (Zeeland)
After this we drove over the border into the Netherlands. We drove through the longest vehicle tunnel (6.6km) in the Netherlands and spent the evening exploring Middelburg. It was Kings Day, so the city was decorated in orange and extremely busy with lots of live music. Half the people seemed to be wearing something orange and most had the Netherlands flag painted on their cheeks.
Kinderdijk (South Holland):
On Tuesday morning we visited the UNESCO Heritage Site of Kinderdijk. Home to 19 traditional windmills.
Visiting in late April meant there were hundreds, possibly even thousands of coots, mallards, swans and greylag geese all with babies of varying ages.
Tuesday afternoon we drove an hour north to Camping Op Hoop which was to be our home for the next 3 nights. It’s a lovely site with chickens and ducks wandering amongst the motorhomes. It is also surrounded on three sides by tulip fields but sadly they had already been harvested for this season.
Keukenhof Gardens (South Holland)
Wednesday was my birthday so we had a lazy morning before cycling the 9.6km to Keukenhof Gardens in the afternoon.
Cycling was a good call as we passed a few remaining tulip fields which were still in full flower.
You must prebook tickets to Keukenhof and stick to your timeslot. Someone recommended to arrive after 3pm as the gardens are open until 7pm and most of the coach loads of people leave by 4pm. This was a good tip.
The gardens were absolutely stunning and definitely worth the trip.
