Harlingen - July 31

Set off (with Elisa!) to loop around terschelling (twice for some), into the headwind along the wadden sea. Beautiful lavendar/heather covered dunes and milkshakes at the heartbreak hotel. Feels a little like Province lands trail on cape, 2 orders of magnitude bigger. Little swim, little beach riding for bertha, back on the boat to sail to harlingen. 26 miles. 








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