Valkenburg
19 September 2020
We’ve just returned from a two day break in the lovely town of Valkenburg in south Limburg. With all the various travel restrictions in different
DAF Museum
4 February 2020
I let the train take the strain today for the 20 minute journey into the centre of Eindhoven. I’ve used the Dutch railways quite a
Farewell 2019
31 December 2019
It’s been an interesting year for me here in the Netherlands. At the end of April I acquired a second-hand bicycle as I needed some
Colours
2 October 2019
Autumn has been with us for just over a week and the change in the colours surrounding us has been very quick. High winds are
Sint Martinus
21 September 2019
The Weert skyline is dominated by the 78 metre high tower of Saint Martin’s Roman Catholic church in the centre of the city. We have
Hertog Jan Brouwerij
8 September 2019
Yesterday, as guests of Stienen BE in Nederweert, Sanne & I along with around 50 colleagues were taken to Arcen for a tour of the
Up, Up & Away….
10 June 2019
Don’t often get to see a hot air balloon so close. Drifting in from the north at around 2100hrs yesterday, it passed between us &
Tired of Tyres
28 May 2019
It’s been a month since acquiring my second-hand cycle, and I was aware at the time that it would need two new tyres before very
Remembrance
5 May 2019
The Netherlands commemorates the victims of the Second World War and celebrates its liberation on two separate but consecutive days. We remember the Dutch victims
Change in the Weather
19 April 2019
This pair of photographs was taken from our 5th floor apartment window, just about three months apart….freezing on 22nd January & over 20 degrees on
