Whispering through the Weerribben. Photos
Aug 11th, 2013, 12:07 PM
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Whispering through the Weerribben. Photos
On Thursday we hired to fluisterboten (whisper boats) and had a lovely time exploring the Weerribben National Park in Overijssel from the water. The boats have a small electric outboard, and can go onto small waterways forbidden to noisy, smelly petrol outboards.
The weather was just about perfect and we (DH, DS, 2 GS, plus SIL and BIL and me) all had a thoroughly good time. Sore bums from the wooden seats, but a great time.
We set off from Ossenzijl and spent 4 hours pottering along watching wild flowers, a wide variety of dragonflies, different sorts of butterflies, all sorts of water life, and storks circling overhead.
Anyway you can see a few of the photos here: http://s28.photobucket.com/user/Barg...y/Fluisterboot
The photos were all taken with quite a short lens, from a wobbly boat, so the stork ones in particular are not brilliant, but I like them
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I hope you like the photos, and that I may encourage some of you to escape Amsterdam occasionally.
The weather was just about perfect and we (DH, DS, 2 GS, plus SIL and BIL and me) all had a thoroughly good time. Sore bums from the wooden seats, but a great time.
We set off from Ossenzijl and spent 4 hours pottering along watching wild flowers, a wide variety of dragonflies, different sorts of butterflies, all sorts of water life, and storks circling overhead.
Anyway you can see a few of the photos here: http://s28.photobucket.com/user/Barg...y/Fluisterboot
The photos were all taken with quite a short lens, from a wobbly boat, so the stork ones in particular are not brilliant, but I like them
.I hope you like the photos, and that I may encourage some of you to escape Amsterdam occasionally.
Aug 11th, 2013, 04:33 PM
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Thanks for sharing pictures of a great trip! (My sister and her husband had a little boat with an electric motor like the ones in your pics. I loved going out with them; because the boat was so quiet and small we could go up into some narrow inlets of the tidal creek here and we could get close to wildlife: herons and egrets especially.)
Aug 12th, 2013, 01:01 AM
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Patrick, they do have organised boat trips too, but self drive is nicer as you can go down some really quiet little waterways.
Next time I'll take a cushion along to sit on though.
You can do similar trips in the Biesbosch near Rotterdam, and the Naardermeer, close to Amsterdam too.
Can't guarantee storks though.
Next time I'll take a cushion along to sit on though.
You can do similar trips in the Biesbosch near Rotterdam, and the Naardermeer, close to Amsterdam too.
Can't guarantee storks though
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Aug 12th, 2013, 02:09 AM
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Great photos and, of course that wonderful "marshy ground" or whatever which makes the country (for me, anyway) so wonderfully memorable.
What a great way to spend a day away from the hustle and bustle. Oh that we could all do more of that!
What a great way to spend a day away from the hustle and bustle. Oh that we could all do more of that!
