Day 3 20160819 Alkmaar to Den Helder A much less intensive day today. The ride was about 55km, so roughly half of yesterdays distance. I won’t be making that mistake again! Left the beautiful town of Alkmaar (for some reason spell checker changed it to Aldmaark yesterday, and I didn’t notice), after a typical breakfast of bread, ham, eggs, cheese and coffee. To be honest I was still bit full from the Ribeye I treated myself to after the marathon ride yesterday, but I managed a few pieces to be safe! The ride north was so different from yesterdays landscape of lumpy dunes, gritty industrial port and the built up area around Alkmaar. Most of Holland is flat but the area north of Alkmaar is like a snooker table. I don’t recall one incline, other that
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