The Todger
An odd name for a boat. Todger – another word for penis!
Posts from the ‘Monnickendam’ category
The Memories
Memories from our time in the Netherlands. We miss it!
The Memories – Richard Broom Photography
The Surfer Girl
The Hook
The Woman
The Pilot (2)
The Lover’s Leap
Don’t jump!!!
The Courage (2)
We all need courage at the moment…..
The Kite Surfer Chap
The Boat Girl
The Critter…
Just one of the critters who scamper up and down on the grass next to where out boat is tied up.
The Man and the Dog
The Red and Yellow Beaked Mini-Chicken + Mother
The red and yellow beaked mini-chicken and its mother in the background seen near our boat today.
The Old Friends
The Eel Smoker (3)
The BP Lady Eel Smoker
I knew BP were into many things but I didn’t know eel smoking was one of them. This lovely lady was quietly smoking here eels in Monnickendam yesterday.
The Super-Technical and Hyper-Powerful Eel Smoker
Eel smokers come in all shapes and sizes but the one below is quite something. I’m sure I saw something similar in an nuclear power station on the TV recently. The eel smoker shown below was at Monnickendam’s eel smoking festival yesterday. It was fair to say it was smokin’.
The Brown Boat
The Peep into the Smoker…
A man braves the fumes coming out of the eel smoker…
The Smokers
The Monnickendam Eel Smokers
The Fish Head on a Stick…
Oh Yuk!
The Photographer
The Eel Smoker (2)
Note, I even managed to get a Heineken Sign in!!! (Please see here, here, here, here and here. Still no free beer from Heineken!!!
The Eel Smoker (1)
The Skewered Fish
It is fish and eel smoking day in Monnickendam today.
The Boarding Party
The Lady in Red
The Washing Line
The Rusty Old Bike
The Heineken Truck (4)
I’m still trying with Heineken. I’m sure they’re just about to send me that free beer. Please see here, here, here, and here.
Somebody from Heineken must surely spot one of my posts sooner or later?
The Old Boat
The Cheese Stall
The Oak Processionary Moth
We’ve spotted a number of these ‘nests’ made by the Oak Processionary Moths in nearby oak trees here in the Netherlands. We’ve never seen them ever before. That’s global warming for you Mr Trump!!!
But, before blaming Mr Trump too much, it looks like we British might be responsible for introducing this particular (and toxic) pest into Europe. More information here.
The Jumping Dog
I’m back in Holland after a frantic week in London. The dog seems happy to see me!
The Heineken Moment!
Do you think Heineken will send me a free bottle of beer for posting this one? I thought this image had a dash of a Rembrandt crowd scene about it….
The Boat Boys
The Boat People
The Squirter
The Mating Season
The frogs here in Holland are all fired up with the need to make love…(lucky frogs!).
The Orgy
The New Bridge in Monnickendam
The Boats
The Amstel Man
The Chicken and the Lock Gate
A chicken hiding out on (in?) one of the lock gates nearby.
The Lock
The Embryonic Super Yacht
For those of you with expensive tastes…
The British Conservative Party
An image representing the British Conservative Party. The Party is about to sink without trace and probably no bad thing! What a disgraceful shambles they are!!!
The Dog Walk
The Monnickendam Girl
The Market Stall
The Lazy Susan
The 4044 Earrings
The Fishing Family
The Market Stall
Saturday in market day in Monnickendam – delicious food everywhere!
The Path
Life is a journey!
The End of the Day
The Sunset
The Woman and the Dog
The Well-Connected
The Bikes
The Fuzzy Sunset…
What happens when you get your camera settings wrong. It sometimes turns out okay….
The Rope Puller
The Buzzards
The Lady Makes Fast…
The Purple Jobs…
The Tuesday Dog
This is Bor, who belongs to our very good and highly attractive friend Marloes (sorry, no image of Marloes (yet)). Bor comes to stay with us on the boat on Tuesdays. Bor is an ageing gentleman with creaky bones but he has a fine spirit and a look of constant bemusement on his face.
The Dog Walker
The Big Chicken Lurking…
A big chicken seen lurking in the reeds today…
The Strange Growth
I am sure somebody will know what kind of plant (weed?) this is. Spotted near Monnickendam (Netherlands) today. Almost like some kind of alien creature!
The Walk in the Park…
The Bud
The Leaf
A slightly more fragrant post than the last one!
The Hunk
The Hunk
The Wine Shoppers
The Wine Shoppers
The Juggler
The Juggler
The Drummer Girl
The Drummer Girl
The Blue Horses
The Blue Horses
The Upside Down Girl
The Upside Down Girl
The Pole Dancers
The Pole Dancers
The Clown
The Ball Chucker
The Ball Chucker
The Fungi
The Fungi
The Hanging Man
The Hanging Man
The Phones
The Phones
The Tree
The Tree
The Fishy Little Chap
The Fishy Little Chap
The Rabbit
The rabbit who lives in the hedge next to our boat…
The Rabbit
The Hawk
The Hawk
The Forest Walk
The Forest Walk
The Big Chicken – Strange Pose
We saw this Big Chicken today striking the strangest of poses. Â Drying off her wings perhaps (we assume it was a she)?
The Big Chicken – Strange Pose
The Singer
The Singer
The Busker
The Busker
The Marina Sunset
The Marina Sunset
The Soundscape Library (Soundscape 9) – Hemmeland Woods + Dog!
Moral: never take a dog with you when you are recording soundscapes!
Please click on the Soundcloud link below, close your eyes and join me for a walk in the woods at Hemmeland – a wooded area close to Monnickendam, Noord Holland, Netherlands.
Hemmeland is a great place to see nature, picnics, sunbathing and for dog walks. At Hemmeland you’ll find a mixture of wildlife, flowers, plants, trees, beaches and much more. Â There was a northeasterly wind today blowing at between 10-15 Knots. You’ll hear quite a lot of noise generated as the wind blew through the treetops. Â You’ll also hear the dog sniffing around.
There’s not too much about Hemmeland on the Internet but you can look at my photographs of Hemmeland by clicking on this link to visit my Adobe Spark Hemmeland page (scroll down when you get there)
See all other soundscapes here.
The Woods, Hemmeland
The Girls Pulling Together
The Girls Pulling Together
The Buds
The Buds
The Bench
The Bench
The Bug
The Bug
The Stump
The Stump