Day 1 – Ambassador Hotel back entrance ready to go to the station to catch the train for the first leg to Utrecht. Why!! Still things to do like organise a train journey to the plane for last ride from Europe etc. So yes we took train to Amsterdam. Oh yes – and we were [...]
How can it be when two people plan a training program so they are capable of riding the 850 k’s on their city bikes from Haarlem in the Netherlands to Untersiggenthal in Switzerland – that it just keeps on raining. In March and April we cycled regularly doing several 50+ days. We cycled out on [...]
These 2 oldies (did I really say that?); we are preparing for a bike ride of some 850 or 900 k’s depending on where you check. Sadly we are not training as much as we should, but we are getting together the bits and pieces that might just make the trip manageable and we are [...]
We are having major computer issues – laptop is having its hard drive replaced – you know the one – slot out, slot in – but here in the Netherlands it takes from 2 to 4 weeks apparently. So far we are in week 3. Don’t think Acer and Computerland are doing any kind of [...]
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Queens Day, 30th April 2011. Yes I have mentioned Queens Day before – this is the third time. Well of course it is the third time – it is our third year here so it would be the third time, wouldn’t it? Another party day – lots of stalls, people selling anything and everything, music, laughter, fun. This is [...]
We arrived here in the Netherlands at the end of August 2008 after a winter in New Zealand sorting out our lives in preparation for a new life in the Netherlands and of course heading directly for winter there in the Netherlands. It was a beautiful winter, there was some snow and there was ice [...]
There you go – our first bike ride in our training program – for our bike ride to Switzerland from Haarlem in the Netherlands at the end of Best Beloveds job here come August this year. And we did manage a pathetic ride of 12.5k’s – and as it always does – the wind blew [...]
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Yes we cycle. And we have decided to cycle from Haarlem to our son in Untersiggenthal in Switzerland in August this year. Could be a crazy thing – two 60+ers and two 2nd hand city bikes and about 900k between our two homes. So I bought a book. Cycle for Life Bike Basics + Body [...]
Here in the Netherlands we have seen many more birds than we could have imagined. One very shy bird is the Jay and we have enjoyed watching this lovely bird coming and feeding here, ever so shy and nervous as always.
Here we are in the Netherlands, a northern clime, and I have just photographed a parrot – feeding at the Bird Rock Cafe outside our house. We add fat balls, whole peanuts, shelled peanuts, seeds, bread, etc for the birds and we have been delighted by the many many birds we have seen here in [...]
