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Camping “de Boomgaard”.
We’ve been on this camping for three days. The camping is owned and managed by a cousin of mine. The Eggink-family ! Our camper hasn’t been on a camping since 7 years now, so it was quite an adventure for us. The camping itself is only 3 years old now, so everything is new and…
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camping “de Boomgaard”.
We’ve been walking in the forests around this camping. It’s the area were I was born and grew up, called “de Achterhoek”. More photos will follow on my Flickr-stream soon …….
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new glow plugs
It turned out that only one glow plug was working in the diesel-engine of our motor-home. On the photo you can see how we tested the plugs. I renewed all four of them. With the new ones the engine is starting without any problems again 😉 Also the V-belts are renewed; so the terrible noise…
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diner for 4
We had a nice diner with the four of us. Because we are married 25 years …..
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bluevelo
It’s nice to see how the first North American Quest are being build by bluevelo. See ; http://www.bluevelo.com/BUILDING_A_QUEST.html All info about why and how is in news-item http://www.velomobiel.nl/nieuws/#item21 at http://www.velomobiel.nl/ . Unfortunately only in Dutch .
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sometimes …
a man has got to do what a man don’t want to do ! recognize the situation ? and smell the odour ?
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Yike Bike
Somehow I admire the Kiwi’s, the guy’s who have that typical culture that is originated from New Zealand. The story of the Yike Bike is a nice example. The Flight Of The Conchords (also Kiwi’s) inspired Grant Ryan for the name of his blog ! It’s a nice song, by the way. see the next…
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6 days in Normandy
We’ve been walking around in Normandy. The part that they call “Little Switzerland”, near Falaise. The first day of this vacation, I found out that the glow-plugs of my old mobile-home didn’t work properly. “Doesn’t matter” I thought, “a Mercedes never lets you down !” And in my memory I went back in time to…
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History of “Tour de France”.
Tour de France History
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Jes birthday party BBQ
We had a BBQ-party. Jes had her birthday. One of the guys wanted to make a short ride with my Quest. I thought it would be OK. But in the last corner he didn’t follow the ideal line and tumbled on it’s right side. He was frightened a lot and was worried for any damage.…
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Manta Saddle
I just read the website of Manta Saddle. The manta saddle provides comfort and safe seating for riders of the upright bicycle, it does this by providing a much larger, mobile supported area than any other saddle. As you all know ; I am a recumbent-rider , but I like you (upright cyclist) to be…
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Jan celebrated his birthday
Today I saw Jan, my oldest brother. His children payed him a visit too. He celebrated his birthday. Bought himself a new photocamera ! He showed me some nice old postcards and photos which he gave me to publish.
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inside information ….
There was a request to give some views of the Quest’s inside. Well, I made a short video. That’s how people give info these days 😉 You can see that I bought two velomobile-bags. I use them for only 2 days now, but nevertheless I am already impressed by the perfect design. They fit perfectly…
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The Outback
A friend of us calls himself “basman” and he is playing the bass in a band called “The Outback“. Yesterday they played in “de roode leeuw” (a restaurant in Domburg) and we went there to see them.
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