Life there is generally very quiet, but things do happen. Yesterday, a 'tjalk' (quite large traditional Dutch ship) tied up, carrying a load of youngsters, around 14 years old we think. Of course under supervision of a few (just) adults. After some fooling around, they settled down to dinner:
This morning, in the pouring rain, they left again.
Other people also tie up, sometimes for just a few hours and sometimes for the night. But it's always pleasant!
In the meantime, we had a nice sunset. See how many leaves those trees have lost, autumn is here!
But the most exciting story concerns the dogs!
Yesterday morning, a lady appeared next to the boat. She told us that she had lost her two dogs the day before at that place and asked us if we had seen them as she had noticed we had been there for some time. Unfortunately we had not, but we took her phone number so we could call her if the dogs turned up.
This morning, two extremely friendly dogs arrived, corresponding exactly to the description she gave. They were 'Stabij''s, a Frisian hunting breed, relatively rare. So we immediately called the owner. Caught the dogs (which was not difficult as they were most friendly) and tied them up. They sat there quietly, just barking at any passing boat:
About 45 minutes later the lady arrived in her boat and was reunited with her very charming dogs.
After that episode, we left for Eernewoude itself, exactly 1.39 miles away. We'll be here two nights, do some washing etc.
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