One final thing I should add, if you do decide to go the coastal route, headwinds are legendary and could turn an easy day into misery. There are dutch forumers knocking around who could give you more info on it than me!
That's a very good point and begs the question, would it be worth to have two routes planned out as weather dependent options? I can hear a windswept me shouting "yes it is" right now...!
No problem, it's a pleasure!
One final thing I should add, if you do decide to go the coastal route, headwinds are legendary and could turn an easy day into misery. There are dutch forumers knocking around who could give you more info on it than me!