National heritage

Hey, happy New Year everyone. This is my my 1000th post.

When it's cold and the Dutch have some ice on the canals they mostly talk in one or another way about the Elfstedentocht. Today January 4 2015 it's far from cold but it's 18 years ago when the last
Tocht till now was ridden. It's a perfect day to publice a movie of the Elfstedentocht.

The movie in 2 parts is of a participant of the elfstedentocht. Here is the link to
part 1 and part 2 . A rare view from the inside of a great sportsevent.
You see highlights of the worldwide famous icescate marathon of 200 kilometer through the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands from the perspective of a rider.

With special thanks to family De Ruiter who made the movie and VPRO television network who gave it attention.

winter

Finally the winter of 2011/2012 is coming. Next week the temparature will drop to -15 degrees C.

Last season (december 2010) this video has been made.

If you got a problem with wintertime, bear in mind that every winter came to an end (so far)