Jake of Winter Hill Adventures

This blog is about my adventures, exploring Interesting places around the United Kingdom and in other countries. I live close to Winter Hill in Lancashire, hence the title and a lot of our adventures are local to here. We don't just go running, we find places that are interesting, such as old mines, brickworks and other local historic sites. I hope you enjoy the blog and please feel free to make comments and I will try my best to reply :-) Dont Just run or Walk explore !

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Zienkzee the monument town ,Zeeland, Netherlands, Zeeland Bridge

Zienkzee,
http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/dipsy/31/places/zkzee.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zierikzee
http://www.zierikzee-monumentenstad.nl/

Historic town on the Oosterschelde in Zeeland with 568 monuments, -medieval street pattern and the oldest active carillon in the Netherlands. Zierikzee, with circa11,000 inhabitants, the administrative seat of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland .

route taken

one of the smaller bridge closed for small craft -we had to stop here , this is a German car in front it has the letter d on the registration plate

crossing the bridge without stopping !

one of the bridges into Zienkzee

we will take a look at this tower later

one of the old entrances to the old city

can you see the old doors and where the portcullis used to be ?

Evie in the doorway to the old city

looking back can you see the two towers ?

This is a tradional shape of a old dutch house

Windmill !

another type of old house

the name for a windmill in dutch is Molen

this is a working mill and they are making flour

it is called the hope

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

this is flour delivery van , you can buy flour from the shop next to the mill , it was very noisy they didnt seem to be using wind power !

This was a very narrow house ,

i recognised this

http://www.nl.boots.com/

can you see the word for pharmacy

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

can you see the green cross ?

this means you can get first aid from this to treat cuts

can you see the date - anno means year

a old ships anchor

This area is historic Saint Jacobs residences, locally known as the St Jacobshofje
http://www.godutch.com/newspaper/index.php?id=2071

we watched the fountain can you see the frogs ?

we saw some old dutch ships

an old buoy

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

one of the owners let us look at his boat , this is in the old cargo hold

This is the boat we went on

we do not know what the wooden peices are on the side of the boat are for ? but this is the boat we went on

another old building lots today !

another city gate

one of the old bridges which could be raised to allow the boats in and out

this was very beautiful doorway

lots of tiles !

can you see the old tiles in the door way?

This might have had a statue - the bricks are smaller than the ones in england

royal crest ?

this is the Zierikzee Carillon

lots of shutters on this building !

the carillon clock tower

town hall door way

old water pump

this was build of stone as well

Venetian masks in a travel agency I have been to Venice , it was a 4 hour drive from Prague !

can you see the year ?

The tower is called The Sint Lieven Monster toren. Short "De dikke Toren". Inside the tower is a little museum and you can also climb the 178 stairs to see a view of Zierikzee. (and beyond)
When Zierikzee was located at the open sea, they wanted to build the highest tower of the Netherlands. This way all the sailors, ships and boats knew where to go. During the construction the money run out, after a few years they managed to build a top. The size of the tower is now 1/8 of his actual size.

Read more: http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Netherlands/Provincie_Zeeland/Zierikzee-455928/Things_To_Do-Zierikzee-TG-C-1.html#tip=323770#ixzz1W445jtYT

inside the tower was a exhibition about dutch lighthouses

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nln.htm

http://www.vuurtorens.net/

the word for lighthouses is Vuurtorens

This doorway had the date 1468 on it

The display had different types of lighthouses found in Netherlands

having fun ! i love being on holiday !

driving past the city tower gates

Zeeland Bridge in the rain it rained a lot , but it rains a lot on winter hill so i Dont mind !

we are stopped -my dad took the photos ! can you see the bridge is up it let the boat through - the boat had a very tall mast

this is the tower in Zienkzee

we are stopped see the speed 0 kmh !

I collected three bowls of mussels again !you have to try and get the big ones there are lots of oysters as well here and its low tide and very muddy but dont tell mum !

http://www.openbeelden.nl/media/27189/Mosselkwekerijen_in_de_Oosterschelde
http://www.helpwithcooking.com/seafood-shellfish/how-to-cook-mussels.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/mussel
http://library.thinkquest.org/19846/data/en/delta/oost/natuur.htm

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

De Zwaan windmill ,Oosterscheldekering dam , Zeeland bridge ,Kattendijke and mussel hunting

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

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=oosterscheldekering&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=709&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=P_VTTuLsOoO5hAfXzpWBBg&ved=0CCgQsAQ

http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/feiten_en_cijfers/dijken_en_keringen/oosterscheldekering/index.aspx

http://www.deltawerken.com/modules/mediagallery/popup.php?id=1435&style_root=/home/deltawer/public_html/styles/blauw&style_root_http=http://www.deltawerken.com/styles/blauw&language=en

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVcxMF69FY4

The nine kilometre-long Oosterscheldekering (kering meaning barrier) was initially designed, and partly built, as a closed dam, but after public protest huge sluice-gate-type doors were installed in the remaining four kilometres. These doors are normally open, but can be closed under adverse weather conditions. In this way the saltwater marine life behind the dam is preserved and fishing can continue, while the land behind the dam is safe from the water

Note from Jakes dad :yes you drive over 9 km of dam , plus a man made island in the middle see the videos below , apologies about the rain but the afternoon became bright and humid !!

http://fromargentina2holland.blogspot.com/2011/06/visitng-zeeland-oosterscheldekering-or.html

the island in the middle

De Zwaan this means the swan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zwaan

a pumpkin farm display ! I took this from the car !

a old water fountan at Zienkzee, we did not have time to walk round this today !
http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/dipsy/31/places/zkzee.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zierikzee
http://www.zierikzee-monumentenstad.nl/

Zeeland Bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland_Bridge
http://marinas.com/view/bridge/654_Zeeland_Bridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJpzdtIeqc
http://www.deltawerken.com/Zeeland-Bridge/338.html
http://www.deltawerken.com/modules/mediagallery/popup.php?id=2008&style_root=/home/deltawer/public_html/styles/blauw&style_root_http=http://www.deltawerken.com/styles/blauw&language=en

The Zeeland Bridge (Dutch: Zeelandbrug) is the longest bridge in the Netherlands. The bridge spans the Oosterschelde estuary. It connects the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in the province of Zeeland.
The Zeeland Bridge was built between 1963 and 1965. At the time of its completion, it was the longest bridge of Europe. It has a total length of 5,022 metres, and consists of 48 spans of 95 metres, 2 spans of 72.5 metres and a movable bridge with a width of 40 metres.

the bridge

going onto the bridge

showing us driving the bridge
Note from Dad: there is a very long average speed limit on this bridge !!! 80 KMH

Kattendijke
http://kattendijke.goesweb.net/
http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/zeeland/kattendijke/
http://www.digischool.nl/bi/onderwaterbiologie/html/duikloka/zeeland/kattendijke.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kattendijke

there is a British soldier buried here
http://kattendijke.goesweb.net/het-dorp/47-graf.html

Corporal Donald Thomson died on 14 January 1945 and was 21 years old.

His body was found in the fields between Kattendijke and Wemeldinge .

He served in the Royal Marines Commando Engineer.

What more do we know this soldier?

After having obtained information from the Church and the War Committee, we know that at the age of 2 his parents lost in a car accident. His mother was Janet Williams.

Donald Thomson was brought up by Aunt Sarah and Aunt Hannah Woods.

There was a while ago from Kattendijke telephone contact with the aunts.

They were delighted to hear that Donald is buried.

The aunts were already at his age and now deceased.

How to Donald Thomson was killed is not clear.

In that period, according to our data, no fighting occurred.

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

lots of nice houses

a lovely church !

the Pastorie for the church
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastorie

Dutch post box run by TNT
http://www.postnl.nl/

Leo fell asleep
note from dad
It was very stormy in the morning but 27C and 85% humid in the afternoon making walking very tiring for the children ,

we walked from the village to a place to see some birds,