Jake of Winter Hill Adventures

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Wemeldinge,Zeeland, dyke, war memorial and sea shells

This is the word for Glass -its a recycling bin

me on the wall that keeps the sea out - it is called a dyke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_control_in_the_Netherlands
http://www.eh-resources.org/floods.html
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/149881
http://www.zeeweringen.nl/english/

me mummy,Leo and Evie on top of the wall of a cycle track

we needed sun hats and cream as it was very warm at 27c

i watched some barges carry rocks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge
http://www.portofantwerp.com/portal/page/portal/POA_EN/Focus%20op%20de%20haven/Mainport%20in%20het%20hart%20van%20Europa/Binnenvaart
http://www.containerafvaarten.be/

I am talking to Evie , can you see the sailing boats ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
http://www.jellyfishfacts.net/
the beach and sea had a lot of these !

the harbor entry

can you see the two windmills ?
http://www.windmillworld.com/europe/netherlands.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill
http://www.holland.com/global/Tourism/Article/Dutch-Windmills.htm

an old house

this was scary and the biggest sunflower !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

can you see the rounded windows ?

pretty shutters

http://www.ww2museums.com/article/1913/Memorial-civillian-casualties-Wemeldinge.htm

The monument consists of two sides described.

On the left part reads:
"THAT WE NOT FORGOTTEN
WE REMEMBRANCE."

On the right part are the names of 24 war victims:
Marinus Jacob Noussen * 26-02-1914 † 18-07-1940 Rotterdam
Licia Cijsouw * 07-06-1920 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia Cijsouw * 01-09-1936 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Jan Cijsouw * 11-02-1919 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Maria Pieternella Cijsouw * 20-12-1906 † 01-08-1942 wemeldinge
Peter Cijsouw * 30-07-191 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieternella Cijsouw * 01-10-1937 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Licia de Fouw * 12-03-1882 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Willem Kooman * 23-09-1856 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Adriana Sonke * 05-07-1921 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Sara Sonke * 13-07-1878 † 01-08-1942 Wemeldinge
Pieter Marinus Glas * 25-09-1918 † 02-05-1943 Alkmaar
Marinus Traas * 21-10-1911 † 17-10-1944 Tuddem (D)
Pieternella Feellus * 15-05-1860 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Marinus Noussen * 25-09-1888 † 28-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Dirk Kromhout * 20-09-1887 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Daniël Pieterse * 17-05-1902 † 29-10-1944 Wemeldinge
Jan Paauwe * 13-11-1877 † 01-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Sander Bison * 12-06-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Cornelia Leijs * 01-10-1894 † 06-11-1944 Wemeldinge
Steven van de Guchte * 08-09-1937 † 10-11-1944 Goes
Jacobus Adriaan Zuijddijk * 03-11-1908 † 12-11-1944 Neuengamme (D)
Cornelis de Jonge * 25-07-1924 † 13-12-1944 Aheinfelden (Zw)

Jan Jacobus Vermaire * 02-05-1925 † 07-05-1949 Kawali/Tjiamis (Java)

sailing boat

me and my mum on the dyke

me on the beach and evie on the Dyke and a sailing boat

on the way back

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our route

some links for the area

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wemeldinge

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wemeldinge?uselang=nl#mw-subcategories

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland

http://www.zeeland.nl/index?lng=en

http://www.zeeland.nl/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Zeeland

http://www.map-of-netherlands.co.uk/map-of-zeeland.htm

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Zeeland,&hl=en&rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&biw=1280&bih=709&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=IVpRTs76OsufOr-P-MIC&ved=0CH0QsAQ

up the Dyke wall

on the dyke wall

we are collecting shells

can you see the jellyfish ?

I had to be careful as it was slippy!!!!

Evie feeding some sheep

me stroking the lambs

Evie arranged the seashells and things we collected from the dyke

sunset -it was beautiful

Me playing my Nintendo

Kent border on the Dartford bridge
http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4065.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartford_Crossing
this is called the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Bridge

Leo in the Eurotunnel

Me in the Eurotunnel
http://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/home/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel
http://www.eurotunnelgroup.com/uk/the-channel-tunnel/infrastructure/

Evie making faces in France

I fell asleep in France.

on the E40 we used to drive along this road when we lived in Prague as it passes through France,Belguim,NL and Germany near the Czech border.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E40
European route E 40 is the longest European route,^[1] more than 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) long, connecting Calais in Francevia Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder inKazakhstan near the border to China.

Belgium Border
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Belgium%E2%80%93France_border_crossings
http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/lines_belgium-france.php

Note from Dad speed limits in Belgium are lower than France on the autoroute
http://www.europe.org/speedlimits.html
http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/driving_tips.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_by_country

I saw some wind turbines

we crossed into Holland or its correct name Netherlands
http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/lines_belgium-netherlands.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Belgium%E2%80%93Netherlands_border
http://wikitravel.org/en/Netherlands#b
http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/baarle.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/netherlands.htm

I looked at the barges
note from Dad speed limits again reinforced - you find these across Europe ,

a strange sculpture like a windmill and tower

This tunnel was long and sometimes scary !

note from dad this is a 6.6-kilometre (4.1 mi) tunnel in The Netherlands on highway N62

this shows we are under the water !

you can see inside the tunnel

http://www.westerscheldetunnel.nl/?pid=45
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Scheldt_Tunnel

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rlz=1C1AVSW_enGB374GB377&q=Wemeldinge&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wemeldinge

where we are staying in Zeeland

'Zealand was inhabited before the arrival of the Romans. The rich history of this province for every visitor is worth to explore. The province is characterized, as its name suggests, through his relationship with the sea. The eternal fight is reflected in the geography of the province which lies below sea level. A patchwork of polders and dikes, islands that have formed into three large peninsulas and areas traditionally inhabited by the water gained.

Because of the long isolation of Zeeland is much history preserved and reflected in everyday life. Let yourself back to ancient times by the many historical places and monuments in cities like Middelburg , Goes and Zierikzee and feel inspired by the lifestyle of the people in villages, where agricultural past, the Zeeland costumes and the Calvinist establishment remind you with a rich history.'

taken from the http://www.destelhoeve.nl/ontdek_zeeland in dutch
it means the farm !