Tag: water

Path


① memo 20180917 ~ Path ~ Multi-use path for use by both cyclists and pedestrians , around Alphen , Holland

Mill #2


① memo 20180916 ~ Mill #2 ~ The second mill of the quartet of windmills working together to keep the polder dry west of the village Aarlanderveen (Alphen) in the Green Heart of Holland . The waterway drains into the Old Rhine nearby.
Mill #2 (dutch ‘Molen 2’ or ‘middenmolen’) is not turning in this video .. it’s the nearby model mill that is turning.
These are the only mills in the world that are still being used as main dewatering for a polder.
Recently the dutch decided to start using again such historic polder water windmills everywhere in the Netherlands to assist the modern electric dewatering pumps if needed .

Windy Day


① memo 20180914 ~ Windy Day ~ Another cow portrait on the border of a polder ditch , that windy day earlier this week in the Green Heart of Holland

Fryslân by Rail


① memo 20180808 ~ Fryslân by Rail ~ Crossing the dutch province Friesland (Fryslân for the locals) by rail (Arriva) direction Harlingen Haven railway station , some weeks ago , Netherlands