Return to Zeeland
The last leg.
A dike under construction. This seems to just be sand, not the expected clay.
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... six (yes, the moving vanes just above the trees) ... and that's ignoring the two that we had already seen before when using part of the same route ...
A carelessly parked F-104 Starfighter. No way it will be able to take off now from that slope.
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Zierikzee's old city gate.
And multi-arched bridge.
Guess what Zierikzee has.
Strange church tower, large enough to contain a church inside it, but built separately from the actual church, which is a little further down the street. The tower is 62 metres tall, the fourth highest point in Zeeland.
The attractive harbour in Zierikzee, quite a long way from the old town gate, making this a very large old city.
The old city wall and coastal gates, with a barbican on the left, and a gate tower on the right, connected by a double cantilever bridge over the harbour entrance.
The gate tower.
The barbican. The harbour is a weak point in the defences, with the land entrances protected far better. However, on the right is a platform where cannon were placed to defend the sea channel. Of course, if you take the unprotected cannon, then you can sail right in, though one would assume there were originally other defences around the harbour.
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Bad drainage has caused this part of the polder to become lakes, but channels are now being dug to remove the water and recover the land.
A mass of kites used for kite surfing.
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Small lighthouse on the dunes and dike.
The more impressive lighthouse, built on the top of a 1702 church tower, the only part that survived after a fire. The lighthouse is 57 metres high, the sixth highest point in Zeeland.
... twelve (a beautiful working example) ...
These look like hills, but are actually sand dunes. The largest is Duinen Valkenisse, and at 49 metres, is the highest natural point in Zeeland (ninth highest when including buildings).
... thirteen. Then there were those two more that we saw before leaving Zeeland, but were unable to photograph due to them being obscured by trees. Do you get the impression that there are a lot of these things? In total we saw 85 and two halves of the 1000 traditional Dutch windmills, and one Belgian one. And I thought we were doing well.
I know you've been waiting for this for a long time, so I hope it was worth it. A caravan. With an awning. With an awning. And just in case that's not enough, there's also a tent for the children. That makes this bigger than most family flats in Oslo. Anyone who needs this much space to go camping needs to rethink what camping is, and probably should get a new hobby.
Heading into the blackness of the 6.6 KM Westerschelde Tunnel, and out of the country. The weather had now completely broken, with rain predicted every day. A good time to go home.
A dike under construction. This seems to just be sand, not the expected clay.
One ...
... two ...
... three ...
... four ...
... five ...
... six (yes, the moving vanes just above the trees) ... and that's ignoring the two that we had already seen before when using part of the same route ...
A carelessly parked F-104 Starfighter. No way it will be able to take off now from that slope.
... seven ...
Zierikzee's old city gate.
And multi-arched bridge.
Guess what Zierikzee has.
Strange church tower, large enough to contain a church inside it, but built separately from the actual church, which is a little further down the street. The tower is 62 metres tall, the fourth highest point in Zeeland.
The attractive harbour in Zierikzee, quite a long way from the old town gate, making this a very large old city.
The old city wall and coastal gates, with a barbican on the left, and a gate tower on the right, connected by a double cantilever bridge over the harbour entrance.
The gate tower.
The barbican. The harbour is a weak point in the defences, with the land entrances protected far better. However, on the right is a platform where cannon were placed to defend the sea channel. Of course, if you take the unprotected cannon, then you can sail right in, though one would assume there were originally other defences around the harbour.
... nine ...
Bad drainage has caused this part of the polder to become lakes, but channels are now being dug to remove the water and recover the land.
A mass of kites used for kite surfing.
... ten ...
... eleven ...
Small lighthouse on the dunes and dike.
The more impressive lighthouse, built on the top of a 1702 church tower, the only part that survived after a fire. The lighthouse is 57 metres high, the sixth highest point in Zeeland.
... twelve (a beautiful working example) ...
These look like hills, but are actually sand dunes. The largest is Duinen Valkenisse, and at 49 metres, is the highest natural point in Zeeland (ninth highest when including buildings).
... thirteen. Then there were those two more that we saw before leaving Zeeland, but were unable to photograph due to them being obscured by trees. Do you get the impression that there are a lot of these things? In total we saw 85 and two halves of the 1000 traditional Dutch windmills, and one Belgian one. And I thought we were doing well.
I know you've been waiting for this for a long time, so I hope it was worth it. A caravan. With an awning. With an awning. And just in case that's not enough, there's also a tent for the children. That makes this bigger than most family flats in Oslo. Anyone who needs this much space to go camping needs to rethink what camping is, and probably should get a new hobby.
Heading into the blackness of the 6.6 KM Westerschelde Tunnel, and out of the country. The weather had now completely broken, with rain predicted every day. A good time to go home.