twente stuff

If you reside in the province of Twente, Netherlands, and have failed to notice that the local Footy Team made good then you must be holed up in an underground bunker waiting for Armageddon! Last Sunday afternoon the streets of Twente were deserted but...

Today was a very busy day in our corner of the Netherlands It all has to do with the Harvest Celebrations and Carnival that the Buurse Parish Council organises. As I have blogged previously many thousands of people come to our sleepy little community...

Have you ever had a sneaky feeling that your in for a crazy weekend? This weekend it is the Neighbourhood Summer Feast. In our mad little part of the Netherlands they celebrate the harvest by putting on a 3 day carnival that brings over 50,000 people...

Some times the best views are right outside your own backdoor ..... Here is a photograph I took last night whilst standing just outside the Cloggy Residence Backdoor. No camera gadgets, filters, flashes or fancy doodah crap were used. Just the old faithful...

"Come take a ride in my Beautiful Balloon ......." There can be no avoidance of it. As soon as the weather turns nice and there is no danger of guffs, of wind, emanating from the German border every Aunt Sally who owns a Hot Air Balloon heads for the...

Due to the crappy weather not much has been going on in the Cloggy household over the last few days. Blog subject matter was beginning to get pretty thin ..... until this afternoon that is. At precisely 15.10 I heard an almighty crash from the front of...

If someone can be bothered to make the paint job of their car match their house then I just have to take a photo of it!

I guess these taxi drivers were hoping that there wouldn't be too many customers today!

OK Yesterday it was hot but today was even hotter! 32°C! Whereas old pooches head for the shadows to sleep the residents of Enschede flock to the terraces - aka pubs. There were thousands of people, including entire family's, sat out on the bar terraces...

Today it reached a high of 31°C in our little corner of the Netherlands. For my American friends (Hi Pamelia ) that's 87°F - more or less -which may not be considered hot where you are but here ITS DAMN HOT! There wasn't even a gentle guff (of wind) blowing...