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family
Hetty, my cousin, and Wim visited us and we had some nice conversations. She took some books with her to read and to get inspiration for her website. All written in the dialect of the “Achterhoek”. So if you’re interested ; keep an eye on her blog ! They travelled together with their son Rik,…
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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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