A relatively short trip today, a few more miles of IJssel, then the Ketelmeer and into the IJsselmeer. The weather was not very friendly, cloudy, rain and hail showers quite windy and cold. But we had no problems with any of that and just after 12 we were safely in our berth in Urk. Urk used to be an island with fishing as its (almost) sole source of income. These days, since 1939, it is part of the newly reclaimed land and next to fishing (the Urk fishing fleet operates on the North Sea now, but the fish is still trucked to the market in Urk which is one of the biggest in Europe), tourism is also important to the economy.
When the rain stopped and the sun came out, we went for a walk:
This is not really showing anything typically Urk, but it's a nice shot, we think.
Later in the afternoon, it cleared completely and we are having our 'borrel' (pre-dinner drinks) in bright sunshine. Unfortunately, the weather forecast offers little hope that this will stay :-(
Location:Dormakade,Urk,The Netherlands
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