Saturday, 19 November 2016

The Beach


About two years ago we rented out our loft and moved our belongings back onboard Zonder Zorg in Auxonne France.  After adjusting to the time change, I took several trains to get me to Haarlem, just outside Amsterdam the Netherlands.
               




                                                       The perfect place for some serious cheese shopping,

Liquorice tasting 

and some paperwork that needed tending too and I checked myself into a hostel for a week.

      On Sunday the sun appeared, the crocuses popped some more and the Dutch cycled to the beach.


I walked from Zandvoort to the Zuid Kennermeland National Park and a stroll through the dunes. 

The family oriented Dutch brought their family, of all ages, to the beach while others just enjoyed getting a head start on a sun tan. 


Along the beach, I enjoyed watching the activity from kite flying, horseback riding, fishing and the start of sand castles. 



The fish truck made its way onto the beach and once it stopped, the locals lined up as they have been for years. 



Well behaved dogs appeared from every direction with balls and sticks with some brave once taking a dip in the North Sea. One dog was burying its toy in a newly dug hole.

 I can only imagine what this beach looks like in the height of summer.



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