Aldeboarn Gondelvaart 2018
Posted by contentedsouls on 03/10/2018
We moored just outside Herenveen and Gerrit and Gezina brought the van back so that G could leave for the UK on Monday. Fabulous walking all around the lakes, but too far to go into town (limited to how long I can leave Mr B on his own) and G ended up being gone for just over 2 weeks. Despite hardly speaking to another human being in that time, it was amazing how the days’ flew by. We had another couple of seriously hot days and Muttley had a good time on all the beaches.
As you can imagine, once G returned I was pretty keen to move on and have some company! We cruised to find Jill and Gary on Noorderzon for the night as they were about to go back to the UK for a little while and then they came on board Francoise for a cruise back to Aldeboarn ready for the annual Gondelvaart.
The 4 dogs are so good together but I shut Daisy away in the bedroom as she has a tendency to wind up visiting dogs!!
I think I have moved on from my, ‘I wish we had a sail boat’ phase; I now want this immaculate tug.
I managed to sponge a lift off of Gezina and Jill who had arranged to have hair cuts. This gave me a, much appreciated, hour and a half to have a wander around the shops in Herenveen and do a bit of people watching over a coffee without worrying about getting back to Mr B.
Meanwhile, back in Aldeboarn, preparations for the upcoming Gondelvaart were well underway. Each street in the town picks a theme for their Gondel (sort of big, flat top decked, punt) and then they decorate the houses on the street in the same theme. Walking around the village I thought, at first, that the place had been the victim of fly tippers.
That was until I spotted the corresponding gondel being built – clearly ‘plastic in the ocean’ is very topical here too
So here are a few pictures from the event – sadly the quality of the night time ones are not good
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andywindy said
Jill, if you got your hands on that Tug, you’d be painting ‘International Rescue’ on the side and calling yourself Lady Penelope, touring the waterways of Europe looking for boaters in trouble!
That Rickshaw looks a good idea though, put the Battery and Motor on it from your Electric bike, and Baxter can come with you anywhere!
So That’s where the Gangsters from Whacky Races left their car then!
And you managed to capture the spirit of the event very well with your other pics, I can’t imagine how hard it is to get good night time pics with all those lights and movement as well!
Thanks for this post, again you have enabled me to travel through your eyes and see things that I wouldn’t see otherwise x.
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contentedsouls said
Sorry Andy. We have been very busy but I am trying to keep the pictures coming; we have had all sorts of excitement to report on the next blog, but I am trying to get curtains made.
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andywindy said
Not a problem Jill, It’s your lives that we eavesdrop on, if you run out of hands then we’ll still be here when you pick us up again! I’ve been putting off replacing my nets now for about 5 years, only trouble is that they’re so brittle now that every time the wind blows when the windows are open I gain another tear. Must go and buy and alter new ones this winter.
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