Ah, it felt good that the big 4 were out of the way. We started off at a slow pace (I think we deserve it by now after 4 days over 100km each...) but took no break for a while and we were far early. The day started grey but the sun came out late morning, which was much appreciated. We decided to buy another picnic since our itinerary didn't seem to pass through any significant places, and we stopped off on an
embankment overlooking the Waal. It is worth noting that now, we are in the Rhine delta, so there are many branches, or distributaries if you like hearing your geographical terminology, of the Rhine, the Waal being the biggest. This means that there is water all over the place, so you don't want to pick the wrong route leaving you stranded with nowhere to go except back from where you came from.
I suppose you've guessed by
now that this is exactly what we did. Our map indicated that there was a ferry which could carry us across a canal to Woudrichem, where we would take another ferry to Gorinchem, across the Waal. Obviously, the ferry wasn't working. The annoying thing was, our destination was merely 20m across the canal, yet we had to trek back 5km against a horrific wind to find the nearest bridge to cross the canal, and then 5km back along the canal to Woudrichem. We got there, just in time for the last ferry across. I don't know what I would have done if we hadn't got it. Probably cried. This would have meant going 10km back and along the Waal this time, against the wind, to another bridge to cross the river, 15 more kilometres. 5 minutes later and we would have had to do it. But we got it, so all is good. Let's hope our last day tomorrow goes okay, because there is a serious lack of bridges according to our map. These damn ferries better work...
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