Wim Harwig

Auteur: wim harwig

  • putting things together …

    putting things together …

    After this photo I rounded the edges of the hinges a bit better with a file. The corona crisis made me think back to my father who always kept the “used-but-still-good” screws, bolts and nuts in glass jars. I have adopted that habit … in times of crisis always handy to have some spare in…

  • a dying young rat

    a dying young rat

    A few days ago someone from pest control came by at our request and here and there put out special food for rats in our garden.Today one of the many young rats showed up … Marjan and I felt very guilty when we saw before our eyes how this beautiful young rat was going to…

  • low maintenance means that it is difficult to repair

    low maintenance means that it is difficult to repair

    I managed to get the lighting back in order, but to replace the hood again, I failed hopelessly. The silicone was cured sooner than I was done with reinstalling the bolts … with the result that the latter bolts didn’t fit, because the hood was gone crooked. Therefore my advice: do not buy an old…

  • my recumbents

    my recumbents

    Since I’m working on Quest 552 I put my Zephyr next to it, to compare the height …I’ll also clean my Zephyr tomorrow, because it’s spring and it’ll get only warmer outside.

  • Old videos

    Old videos

    David mentioned an old video of mine that inspired him to buy a velomobile as well. As a result, I also saw the old videos again … Quite nice, even though the video technology has improved a lot in recent years … The first one is the “oliebollentocht 2007“. The second one is “paastreffen 2010“.

  • Cycling ancesters

    Cycling ancesters

    I think my father (standing right) is about 18 years old when this photo was made… so the photo is about 100 years old! The photo fades away, I tried to get a bit more contrast in it. Nothing is eternal … My father apparently had a nice luxury bike! But my grandfather was already…

  • At the start of the Corona- period

    At the start of the Corona- period

    We are now living in the beginning of what will later be called the Corona period. It will be a transitional period between the two times. Both economically and culturally, but hopefully also ecologically. To think things through quietly, it is good to take a walk in nature now and then … I can only…

  • Wildlife in our backyard

    Wildlife in our backyard

    There is a lot of animal life in our garden. From big to small, from fun to ugly, from useful to harmful, from sweet to evil, etc …There is also a rat family that has made a well-hidden den somewhere. The family is too big to stay in a human environment. The most difficult thing…

  • Zierikzee

    Zierikzee

  • Top half is off …

    Top half is off …

    The top is off so that I can easily reach everything inside the Quest-body. I clearly notice that my own body is now 64 years old and the flexibility has disappeared in recent years. The small openings in Quest 552 are such that I have to choose; either see through it, or put one arm…

  • Hitch's birthday !

    Hitch's birthday !

    He is seven years old! Our dog Hitch … named after Christopher Hitchins. And just like Christopher Hitchens, he allows me to see the relativity of social human society on a daily basis.Hitch communicates it in the typical dog way … a friendly lick in my face, an attentive look in his eyes, lying quietly…

  • new rims

    new rims

    Today I mounted the new rims. I bought them at velomobiel.nl and had them 2 days later … Tomorrow I want to take off the hood to better access the drive and lighting.

  • vulnerable area

    vulnerable area

    All these photos I made today in the “vulnerable area” of Natura 2000 managed by “natuurmonumenten” …

  • International Women’s day !

    International Women’s day !

    Today is International Women’s Day ! I have no better photo to illustrate this than this selfie made by Jes Harwig … Some interesting stuff to read about the issue of men/women ? You can read here …

  • Rims

    Rims

    How long can you continue driving with the original velomobile rims? Today I lost confidence and decided to renew them …