7 September. Leiden to Alphen a/d Rein.

Not a bad day weather wise. Better than we had expected from the forecasts. The odd isolated shower but for the most part it was sunny and dry.

Nothing of interest much to report about today's trip down river with the exception of an incident at this bridge. It was taking a little while to open so a boat from behind us came roaring, impolitely, past us.
 "I guess he is low enough to get through." I commented.
Ahem - NO. He bumped his way under the bridge. Bang, bang, bang on his folded down mast. And amazingly he didn't even slow down!

Our route was a great 15kms so we were'nt in too big a hurry.There aren't too many moorings available in Alphen so we eventuallty found a spot up the side canal to Woudbrugge. Nice mooring right in front of a bridge. Free too, although there aren't any facilities unless you count the church (feelin' blessed) and a bakery. 

We put the bikes ashore and took a ride down canal to check out the town. Mostly a modern place so not too exciting for us tourists. As black clouds were threatening again we decided to head back to the boat and have beers aboard instead of ashore. We have been trying out all the local beers as we go around the country. All in the name of research, you understand.

Skip screeched to a stop on the ride into Alphen.
"LOOK!"
So we went into the showroom and looked, mouths agape.
They had over 40 classic american cars, in pristine shininess, on display. Average price - 40 000 or so although there were a couple of special beauties for over 100 000.

Ha ha - Skip remembers drive-ins like this.

How about this for a HIFI system.