On Sunday we went for a short, meandering bike ride, ostensibly to pick blackberries between Haarlem and Sloterdijk. We were armed with containers for the blackberries, sandwiches and liquid – a couple of cans of beer and fruit juices.
Yes we picked blackberries, Yes there were plenty, but we were wearing sandals and that is not [...]
It was last Sunday. We were well rested, and the effects of this spring seemed to have lessened a bit for us both.
It was nearly a great day – this Bison hunting day.
We left home reasonably early, and as we always do we took clothes for the rain, and clothes for the wind. We had [...]
I was feeling a bit under the weather yesterday so Best Beloved took a bike ride out towards Parnassia alone – looking for the entry to the Downs where there is a walk to “MAYBE” see the bison in the park. He did find the entry after riding past it and back again, and then [...]
Did you missed the Flower Parade?
Watch the compilation video of TV West. It does take 25 minutes and is spoken in Dutch. But don’t let that put you off. You can just turn the sound down or off, So press the arrow on the screen and go.
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Flowers and floats [...]
Continue reading about The Flower Parade 2010 – if you missed it
Trip through Europe by flower parade
Continue reading about Flower Parade Slideshow from our photos on Flickr
Big Band on Bikes in Haarlem – orchestra on Bikes doesn’t sound right somehow.
We had biked quietly to Hillegom in the late afternoon, and we watched the flower parade come through. We also had priviledged seats – seats that we had discovered when arrived in Hillegom – about 9.5 k’s from home in Haarlem. We [...]
Saturday – the Annual floral parade to Haarlem, from Noordwijk – so if you are in the Netherlands and close to Haarlem or anywhere on the route – check with your hotel concierge – because this a parade that should be missed.
The theme this year is “Journey through Europe”
This will be the 63rd [...]
Continue reading about Saturday 24th April – the annual flower parade to Haarlem – Bloemencorsodag
The law has been changed or is being changed to make it illegal to use a mobile phone in a car. Hey, that is good, isn’t it?
But the mutterings are regarding mobile phone use, you guessed it, on bicycles.
Why not make it illegal to use a mobile on a bicycle as well? Well I can [...]
We three (Best Beloved, son, and myself) took a ride on our bicycles to the beach at Parnassia on Saturday. Of course we rode into the wind going out and into the wind for most of the ride back home again. The starting point was Haarlem, out throught the Kennemer Dunes (Duinen) to the beach [...]
