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Week 52 End of Year

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  Week 52 This is the length of the days at the moment. It's holidays so we are nice and cosy with the fire going - and too much food! It won't be long and the construction sites large and small will be starting again in the new year with the lights on - and the kids will be cycling to school and coming home in the dark. A new (old) house One of Janny's sisters bought an old house - on our favourite Turf Route canal, no less! This first photo is the mooring at Felder's Boskje. We went to the opening of it with Andrew & Terry in about 2009. The house is about 200 metres away. According to Albert (Greethilda's husband) there has been a house here since the 1600's. The current version dates from about 1906 and was nearby a pub, a shop and a shoe maker's residence. The magnificent beech tree is in the front yard. The last residents were a brother and sister who lived there for 80+ years. The property includes a wood/forest area of a few acres - we walked thr...
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Week 51

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  Week 51 in Wijnjewoude Cheryl Christmas Day 2nd Christmas Day Preppers 3 good things Best Wishes for the New Year! Certainly one to look forward to :-) We parked the car at a Park & Ride - caught the train to Central Station, walked through the Zeedijk, the Chinese Quarter and the Red Light District. Ben bought some buns from "the best Chinese shop"... The Begijnhof There's  a small courtyard close to the centre of Amsterdam - the Begijnhof  (Begijn Gardens). Dating from 1389 at least - the plaque says that it "was first mentioned in a book" of that date. The security chap at the gate said that the most important thing inside is to "please be quiet".                                                                           Then coffee... Then my favorite - a visit to Soho House.....
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Week 50 Christmas Extra

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  Week 50 Christmas Haha getting forgetful in my old age... So, Happy Christmas...from Ken, Janny & Ben xxx (a day in Amsterdam, yesterday - then to Schiphol to say goodbye to Cheryl)
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Week 50

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Week 50 Of interest Cheryl Christmas 92nd Birthday! Photos   Electric cars Electric cars are no longer cheaper to run than petrol or diesel-fuelled vehicles after the government wound down subsidies and tax breaks designed to encourage drivers to switch. The latest assessment by motoring organisation ANWB finds that electric cars cost almost 76 cents a kilometre to run, taking in the cost of fuel, maintenance, wear on tyres and depreciation. Petrol-powered cars are around 9 cents per kilometre cheaper. The high cost of electric vehicles, which cost €46,000 on average to buy new, has been offset by subsidies and tax benefits, but the new cabinet has watered down previous commitments to stimulate the transition to renewable energy. School Teachers Primary and secondary schools and vocational colleges are struggling with a shortage of 13,000 teachers and the number is expected to remain high for several years, education ministers Eppo Bruins and Mariëlle Paul have warned. Aging Frank ...
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