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April 2015
April 30, 2015
I needed some fresh air so I took the Honda 400 and went for a
ride on the backroads of Zeeland. After about an hour riding I
arrived in Goes and went to a big motorcycleshop for a cup of
coffee and to check out the new bikes (but I like my Honda
400 and the GoldWing more then all those modern bikes).
Behind the Westerschelde dike in Zeeland
On my way home I used some more backroads and had a nice ride.
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April 27, 2015
On this last day of the "Brabantse Wal Festival", and also the Dutch
king WIllem-Alexander his birthday, there was a nice firework show
in our village. Of course I made a few pictures for
www.regioactueel.nl.
A nice firework show
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April 25, 2015
At the "Brabantse Wal Festival", they organize a MudRun every year
and today I made a photo report for
www.regioactueel.nl.
I walked and ran twelve kilometers to take pictures of all the
obstacles the participants had to take and I had a real fun day (and
so did the participants of the MudRun).
They had to go through this little tunnel under the road.....
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April 24, 2015
This afternoon, I made an article with a lot of pictures about the
Brabantse Wal festival for
www.regioactueel.nl.
The artist playing today were Crabtown Tree, Frank and Mirella,
Peter Koolen, Jan van Brabant and Imca Marina.
Imca Marina and the sound and light technicians
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April 23, 2015
Riding home from an appointment I had in bergen op Zoom, I came
past this field with horses. I had to stop to take a picture of
this foal and his mother.
A nice spring picture 
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April 20, 2015
Today I went to the "Auto RAI" in Amsterdam, a big car-fair, together
with a friend. We saw a lot of interesting cars and fortunately there
were some motorbikes too.
A BMW used on the freeways by "Rijkswaterstaat", a part
of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.
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April 19, 2015
Yesterday and today, I went to Rilland to the Dijkrock festival.
I made a lot of pictures for
Regioactueel.nl
and enjoyed the great music.
The lady drummer of the Amorettes, a very good rockband of three girls from Scotland
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April 16, 2015
This afternoon, my son Vincent and I went to the harbour of
Antwerp to shoot some pictures of me, riding my GoldWing. We
choose two nice locations and the pictures turned out very
good (Vincent is a really good photographer).
Me, riding my GoldWing
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April 15, 2015
The doctor said that walking was very good for me so today I went
for a nice long walk. Of Course I had my camera with me to take
some pictures.
I walked for about two hours and saw a lot of interesting and
beautiful places and things to take pictures of, but the best
part of my walk this morning was, when I walked through a
beautiful forest.
In the forest
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April 12, 2015
BMW Motorrad organised the "BMW-Quest" today and a friend and I
attended the quest. We got SMS messages with directions and
questions that we had to find the answers for, and the purpose
was to find the "golden key".
After a while, when we could not find the right answers, we decided
to go to the harbour in Willemstad and get some french fries and
ice-cream before we continued .
At the harbour of Willemstad
From Willemstad we went to Fijnaart but after we got the message
that the quest was over, we took the scenic route, through Belgium,
back home.
Although we did not find all the answers and did not win, we had
a nice ride. The weather was good and it was fun trying to figure
it out.
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April 6, 2015
There was an Easter Party at Biker's Best in Renswoude, the biggest
GoldWing specialist in the Netherlands, that I wanted to attend.
I left home at eleven o'clock AM and beside two small rain showers,
that do no harm you when you ride a Goldwing, the weather was fine.
There were no traffic jams and at a quarter past one PM, I arrived
at Biker's Best in Renswoude.
The whole neighbourhood was reserved for the event and there were
hundreds Goldwing of all types, including even a few Silverwings
(and not the scooter but the tourer based on the CX500)
Hundreds of GoldWing's at the Biker's Best Easter Party
Because it was very busy, I did not stay very long. On the way home, I
stopped at the McDonald's in Meerkerk and had a milkshake and a
cheeseburger. Then I drove to the bridge over the Bergsche Maas
where I left the highway. Via Made, Zevenbergen, Roosendaal, Kruisland,
Wouw en Wouwse Plantage I drove home.
I rode a little more then 300 kilometer today and, to my surprise,
the fuel consumption of my GL1200 was more then 20 km/ liter
(that is 48 mile/gallon).
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April 5, 2015
After a nice ride on the GoldWing, I went home to get our "classic"
(from 1978) Honda CB400T to go to Sunday Funday, a classic car and
motorcycle event. Because I came on a classic, I got a free consumption
and I could park in the area with the other classic bikes.
I made a lot of pictures for
www.regioactueel.nl
At the "Sunday Funday" oldtimer car and motorcycle event
Then I went to Café Die Twee in Bergen op Zoom to make some pictures
of the Canadian rockabilly band, The Hellbound Hepcats, that plays
there this afternoon.
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April 4, 2015
Today, my wife, our youngest son and my father in law left for a
weekend to visit family in the North of Holland.
I took this opportunity to make a nice motorcycle ride today.
From home I drove through Putte, Wuustwezel and Brecht and with a
big detour I drove to Baarle-Nassau. In Baarle-Nassau I had a
nice cappuccino in the cafe on the corner and then strolled
through Baarle-Nassau for a while to strech my legs.
On the square in Baarle-Nassau
From Baarle Nassau I took another big detour on nice backroads to
Zundert where I took a coffee and a very tasty sandwich croquette
in a cafeteria. Then I rode through Achtmaal, Nispen and Essen
(past the railroad track and the station in Essen) and
through Huijbergen on my way home.
In the morning it was still raining a bit and chilly but in the
afternoon it was a lot warmer, dry and sunny.
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April 3, 2015
When the weather is not so nice, I try to do a little training
on my hometrainer but sometimes, when the weather is good (
little wind, no rain), I like to get on my bicycle for a
real bicycle-ride.
This morning I went to Bergen op Zoom and tried to ride as
much as I could through the forrest. It was a nice ride.
My bicycle in Bergen op Zoom next to a artistic bench
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April 3, 2015
On a facebook page about Voorburg, I found an old picture (I
think more then 50 years old) of the coal-yard of my grandfather.
My father is the man with the glasses on the left and the young
man on the right is my uncle Dik. Some people think that I am the
little boy who is watching but I don't know.
At my grandfathers coal-yard
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April 2, 2015
The school were two of our grandchildren go to, organised a
FancyFair. The children had made all kind of things that were
sold there and the profit was for a project for schools in
third world countries.
Our grandchildren at the Fancyfair
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