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Sunday 6 January 7 Jan 2013 | 12:54 am
Started off by going to church for the Epiphany service (twelfth night). It was followed by poetry and music, a great occasion. In the afternoon, my dad and I headed out to the woods and heathlands fo...
Saturday 5 January 5 Jan 2013 | 08:28 pm
No change in the weather: cloudy, grey, dark, dank and mild. Went to the cemetery and thence for a walk through the forest, which is becoming very muddy in places. Although there is only a fine drizzl...
Friday 4 January 5 Jan 2013 | 08:23 pm
Another overcast, grey and slightly drizzly day. This time, we set out for a slightly longer walk, aiming for the Emma Pyramid. This is a belvedere on a man-made hillock. It affords views for miles ar...
Thursday 3 January 4 Jan 2013 | 02:41 am
An overcast day, grey and quite dark. Had to put on the lights by 4pm, 45 minutes before sunset. I did some more scanning, unearthing a dozen pics of our cats from years gone by, as well as from a hol...
Wednesday 2 January 3 Jan 2013 | 02:32 am
Today was fairly bright, but 7C is not very warm at all. Went to the Open Air Museum in Arnhem in the afternoon, for the first time in about 40 years. It had changed beyond recognition, with a multitu...
New Year's Day 2013 1 Jan 2013 | 09:06 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR The day started quite wet, but after lunchtime the clouds broke and as I type this (5pm), there is not a cloud left in the sky. New Year's celebrations in Holland tend to be raucous a...
Monday 31 December 1 Jan 2013 | 05:31 am
New Year's Eve, Hogmanay - the year 2012 is coming to a close. Starting in Samoa, the year 2013 swept round the globe from about 11 am. Went to my sister's for the birthday of her eldest. What took up...
Sunday 30 December 31 Dec 2012 | 02:07 am
Quite a breezy day, but with good spells of sunshine. We avoided the showers that plagued the north of the country through the daylight hours of today. Just as well, as some of the showers brought 1-i...
Saturday 29 December 30 Dec 2012 | 03:39 am
A bright and breezy day, and quite mild, with the mercury at 11C / 52F. That is set to go down over the next few days, as the year comes to a close. Went for a walk in the Heathlands, north of the vil...
Friday 28 December 30 Dec 2012 | 02:30 am
A non-descript day in terms of weather here in the Netherlands, but ending on a very wil note over in the Western Isles. After the cancellation of all the ferries to the entire archipelago, winds rose...
