tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post5315272246571222360..comments2024-01-26T19:48:37.576+00:00Comments on crivens jings and help ma blog: There's got to be a windmill or two........Alistairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-71299745759137879682010-06-05T22:09:43.227+01:002010-06-05T22:09:43.227+01:00Glad you had such a great break, and that you slep...Glad you had such a great break, and that you slept so well. I am a dutchophile and have seen much of the country (but not the southern bits you stayed in!) - it's very easy for us to travel there from nearby Harwich. I agree with SNB, our UK farmers' markets are not a patch on the frequent eco/organic markets in Dutch towns.Big Swiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517517283834444552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-84585026067133432992010-05-31T06:32:19.138+01:002010-05-31T06:32:19.138+01:00Hi Guys,
Good to be back.
The wee village you ar...Hi Guys,<br /><br />Good to be back.<br /><br />The wee village you are talking about SNB is called Veere - it's twinned with Culross in Fife - and funnily we went there on Friday en route to Schipol. We had lunch at a cafe restaurant just opposite the Scottisch Huis museum on the quayside. We loved it too and would go back in a flash!<br /><br />Right too about Ghent - we stopped there with friends on the trip from Eindhoven on our way across to Zeeland to meet up with my brother.<br /><br />regards.....Al.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-45001808795384453402010-05-30T22:57:52.913+01:002010-05-30T22:57:52.913+01:00Welcome back Al - looks like a great trip (isn'...Welcome back Al - looks like a great trip (isn't Ghent in Belgium? I once sat outside all night at a bar there that had 450 different Belgian beers!). I've been to Zeeland and Middelburg twice for marine science conferences - it is a truly lovely town and area. I hired a bike and cycled round the island both times I was there. Went to a small town on the other side of the island from Middelburg that has an historic building called something like "The Scottish House", where a Caledonian trader used to bring Scottish sheep's wool over to trade with the Dutch (and presumably sent pantiles back!). I'd go back there again anytime - I also loved the big near-daily markets in the town square. Wouldn't it be nice if we had that over here instead of the once-monthly farmers' markets that are our poor substitute?Scottish Nature Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02020233132563195888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2388717540545987605.post-33514803425239468662010-05-30T09:07:48.942+01:002010-05-30T09:07:48.942+01:00lovely post Al, glad you had a good break...and a ...lovely post Al, glad you had a good break...and a good sleep!coastkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06722983165386248189noreply@blogger.com