MILLINGEN a/d RIJN - Arnhem - WIJK BIJ DUURSTEDE 41.50 miles
Left a fantastic BandB (Friends on the Bike Organisation) and headed straight for the passenger ferry to take us over the Rijn to Pannerden and crossing the Rijn again at Loo. We soon reached Arnhem - a place we have visited many a time but it seems even busier now and the signs weren't all that clear, but we managed. We passed the Airborne Museum which recalls the events of September 1944 when Arnhem was the scene of the largest airborne assault of the Second World War. And of course we all remember the book and the film 'A Bridge too Far'. We also passed The Grebbeberg. Heavy fighting took place at the beginning of the war and many Dutch soldiers lost their lives and are buried there.
It was extremely warm cycling and for the first time ever I took my helmet off. When you look around nobody wears one, except the racers. What relief that was! It has been quite hard going today as it is hilly in this area and that with the heat we were pleased to reach our destination. We are staying at a farm on the Rijn Dike. Tomorrow will be a rest day, we need that. Also my brother is coming down to meet us and we shall go out for lunch and perhaps visit an exhibition if one is going around here.
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