Monthly Archives: Aug 2008

Day 1: Rijksmuseum

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up to 21°C, some heavy showers predicted.
Hotel: like staying in an Art gallery, the room is a bit pokey though. There are shared bathrooms, which are worth a photo in themselves. (Wait & see).
I shall have to task some shots here before I go to the Rjiksmuseum today.

The light is ideal. Talking of Light- I will get to see at least some Vermeer & Rembandt today.

I didn’t get here early enough to look around yesterday, all I did was have a meal at a nearby bar washed down with a pint.

Evening: has turned sunny but the town was plagued by rainshowers in the day- a lot of my photos look almost black/white. Even I am amazed at the numbers of bikes here, but the machines are all situp& beg, often piled up with loasdf of luggage.
I’m off now to see some sunshine.

Amsterdam

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16°C, rain

The weather forecast is terrible- rain all week. Worse weather than is due here.

Map image

This M$ map feature is good don’t you think? I will be staying near the top-right, just where the S100 meets the yellow road.

45 miles

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19°C, sun & a few showers, amazing cloudscapes.

I’ve worn myself out. 170 miles so far this week. An advantages of recent upheavals is that I am burning off nervous energy by cycling, the spinoff- my fitness is the highest in ten years. Maybe I can sleep now.

Amsterdam

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18°C, lots of short showers on the wind

Confirmed: I’m off for a few days to Amsterdam next Monday. The booking failed at the last moment on the first attempt so I didn’t get the hotel I really wanted, no disaster- the one I did get should be OK. The idea is to do the galleries, and walk and walk. If there is net access in the hotel, I can post more here next week (it’s more likely that they provide wireless access but no machines).

Turned out “lush”

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19°C, sunny with strong SW winds. C=67 miles.

Gorgeous day after a grotty start.
Passed Chartley Castle on the way to Stafford. See photo below
Russian: I have been having fun with an online language translator:

"Я имел забаву с языковым переводчиком онлайн."

St. Kilda: 513 downloads in one day!. That’s faster then the Chernobyl scenery in its first day. I’m really surprised at that since it seems like a more obscure area.

He returns

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14°C, rain

Dorset: I came back early, the weather was poor and the county rather crowded at this time of year. I wasn’t quick enough to get a video like this, but here is Portland lighthouse’s for horn. They switched it off just as I was getting the camera out.