When travelling to Holland one of the things I really look forward to is visiting my old friend Bennie. We went to school and HTS together and, even though we don’t see each other very often, have formed a friendship that will endure and, even though we saw each other last 13 years ago, it […]
Today we cycled to Philippine to visit my other brother Arnold. The weather report said wind would be about 4bft but I’m sure it was more like 6 so it was quite tough pedaling through the reclaimed land of the Braakman. Finding the street was easy and as I was checking the gps for the
Monday, 12 April 2010 Today we said our goodbyes to Jan and Katrien and thanked them for their tremendous hospitality. We managed to pack all our belongings on our bicycles including the backpack and soon we were wending our way once more through the polders direction Vlissingen. Another beautiful cool, breezy day. We knew our
First task today was putting all the new gear on the bike. I’m worried that the weight on the return trip will be excessive, nothing compared to what Ellie’s brother and sons usually load into containers. They run an import/export business of second hand farm equipment and that can be quite a weighty matter. Quite
Two days have flown by already, almost time to pack up and go to my family’s side of the world. Yesterday we cycled to Goes in very nice spring weather, strolled through the city and visited the market before buying most of the things we still needed for the bicycles, most importantly the Ortlieb panniers.
Today was the day that we had to work off all the accumulated lard we had put on because the family is treating and feeding us so well and after Dave and Fay’s horror stories about the Zeelandbrug we decided this would be a good time to do this 5km long bridge. I worked out
Easter morning, early morning that is, sitting here in the sunroom with my feet on the heated floor while it is 12 degrees outside. I’m watching the birds pulling big fat worms out of the lawn, everything is sprouting out, spring is in the air. First things first, contrary to what we had been told
Well, we took 4 hours to cover the first 15 kms as the BA plane was delayed by two hours and we were early. Of course all it meant is that the wait here is shorter, boarding in 45 mins time. Checking in was a breeze, did not do difficult about the bicycles at all
At long last the adventure has begun, we are sitting in the departure lounge at the PE airport. First hiccup, the plane to Johannesburg has been delayed by an hour. Not to worry, that’s hopefully one hour less wait at the Johannesburg airport. I am in range of Wifi but not free and don’t feel
Yep, there is an echo in our lounge. Today we moved the lounge suite out and are now left with mostly empty space, ready for the carpet cleaners tomorrow. It is quite similar in the other rooms, including the garage, actually so we are really getting there well ahead of time. I also replaced a