Terschelling

We had two days on Vlieland. Very quiet outside 'the season'. The island is preparing itself for the tourists to start arriving from next week, the shop opening hours are being extended and the restaurants, some of  which are closed for winter are opening again. Of course we cycled the length and witdh of the island, but that can be done in a few hours as it is very small! The nature is completely different from Texel: there is no agriculture to speak of, so no lambs in the fields and also few spring flowers. A problem was that we could not find any nice dinner plates! We were planning to replace the (melamine) plates that we have on the boat with a different hand-painted one from each island. So we got a nice one on Texel but Vlieland let us down. We therefore still take turns using the one and only 'nice plate'. Lets hope that Terschelling does handpainted plates!
In spite of the plate-disappointment, we enjoyed our stay on Vlieland and this afternoon we used the favorable currents to motor the short (12 n miles) to Terschelling. Is is getting boring (for you, not for us!), but again wonderful weather and virtually no wind! So it was a very nice and comfortable trip, which ended in Terschelling by 2.30 PM. The sun has now just set, I have taken the flags in and the Brandaris (the characeristic lighthouse) is watching over us. The harbour is almost empty, even though it is Friday night. The harbour master expects more boats tomorrow.