the church of Elahuizen, a many small Protestant churches
cold and gray but mant crocuses
the gulls know were the food is
latter day transport
The church of Oudemirdum
a bell tower near Oudemirdum
The old town Sloten
nostalgia in Sloten
the sailing season starts early
windmill on the ramparts of Sloten
keeping out the Verkopers
Skutsjes, traiditional commercial sailing boats
the boilers of the Wouda pumping station
tadem compoun steam engines with centrifugal pumps
still life with oil cans
The archirectural style: neuer Sachlichkeit
there are always visitors in this wonderfull pumping station
heavy lifting gear
A Tjasker, a traditional windpump near Lemmer
windsawmill de Jager ( Hunter) Woudsend
the canal through Woudsend
the travel compnay
Balk is a small town in Frisia. Frisia one of the three Nothern provinces of the Netherlands.
We stayed a weekend in Balk. On Saturday we made a bicycle trip of about 50 kilomters through Gaasterland. it started with rain but later the sky cleared. On Sunday strongs winds made bicycling very unattractive so we visited the beautifull small town Sloten and the largest steam pumping station in the world which is still in use; The Wouda pumping station in Tacozijl near Lemmer. http://www.woudagemaal.nl/
