Zeeland - Netherland seaside

Friday the 13th and we moved south around Rotterdam and through the Benelux tunnel and huge Europort area to the Zeeland region of the Netherlands. This collection of islands suffered a disasterous flood in 1953 and as a result a flood barrier was constructed linking the islands to the mainland. This created a number of inland seas, or Meres and is very popular for sun, sand and water sports.

We drove all the way down the A57 and over a massive sea lock separating the Oosterschelde from the North sea. Mike and I had sailed through the lock a few years ago on a 37ft yacht whilst we doing the RYA day skipper sailing course.

We stopped a while near the canal from Middleburg in the picturesque village of Veere, on Veerse Mere, for coffee and more appletart before choosing a site on the coast for the weekend.