I mentioned in the previous blog that we are in the middle of the flower growing area but we didn’t realise what a big business it is. From Braasemeer we went to the next, and even bigger, meer, Westeinder Plassen, an amazing area of water along the West side of which is the river that is the mast up route to Amsterdam, and then, looking at the chart there is an unfathomable area of straight lines of land separated by water and through which a route to 10’s of jachthavens lie. When you sail in it becomes clear that the straight lines are intensively cultivated plots, with lots of little hidey holes for boats – it is absolutely delightful. Anyway we stayed at a JH near to Allsmeer and rode our bikes to see the historical
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