...Day 4....362 miles so far......Met up with my friend Toby aka Captain MT350 in Hull which was great....Talked about his travels and ours to come....Got the ferry last night....There were about 30 bikes on it of which 20 were Manchester Hells Angels heading to something in Austria....Got a really good nights sleep on the ferry only to be wakened by the call to breakfast in at least three languages!.....Really great feeling rolling off the ferry into sunshine in Rotterdam (actually Roterdam port is about 30km from the old town).....Last time I did this it was peeing down....My neck is already sunburnt from 4 days in the sun....The ride through Holland has been a joy....no hills and we stuck to the minor roads......Stopped in Gouda for a cheese sandwich & coffee......Arrived in Soest in the afternoon.....Staying with Caroline & Arie, some couchsurfers who recently stayed at our place whilst touring Wales by bike......Tomorrow is Ruth's 40th birthday so we're leaving the bike here and getting a train upto Amsterdam for the day.......