Sorry thought I'd keep the title running from yesterday :)
We had a very late night last night, we celebrated the Dutch New Year, waited an hour and did it all again for the UK one. It was a quiet day, except for the constant fireworks that I mentioned which continued past 3am.
Today was late getting up (10am, I *never* sleep in that late!) and having nothing to do. Lovely.
I did go for a run for the first time in weeks (the ice has just about gone). Was great to get out again, though after 3KM's I was thinking wow three weeks makes a lot of difference! I'm going to stick at 3 for a week and go back to 6 next week I think.
The weather here has changed for the better. Warm - compared to the last few weeks, sunny and dry. It should stay that way for the next week so I am planning on being the first to go to work with the bike on Monday whilst there is a break in the weather. I oiled the chain and checked the oil today, and took it for fuel and to pump the tyres up at the local petrol station. It was a wonderful ride, but I was reminded why I have a neckerchief when I went the long way home and froze my neck at anything over 40mph... But the roads were fine - which is what I was checking - and so if it does not freeze tonight I'll be riding tomorrow!
Right, another Jamie Oliver creation is calling.
Hope you all had a good evening last night.
Stace
Oh, one final thing. I did something yesterday that I did not enjoy doing too much... I blocked someone for the first time. The image used in the avatar was a little less than PG I thought, and whilst I am not a prude I would rather that kind of picture was not associated with this blog. Sorry Sasha.
We used to get two new years on the ferry I worked on- a faintly serious UK one, with Big Ben on the Tannoy and the captain self-consciously bidding us all a HNY; then a Spanish one an hour later, with the rather more raffish-sounding bells of Madrid and much hilarity from the Spanish crew... they had this habit of swallowing a grape to each bong of the clock. Do the Dutch have any odd customs?
ReplyDeleteHappy NY!
Hmm, Dutch new years traditions...
ReplyDeleteI think that Oliebollen (big ball shaped doughnuts - it literally means oil balls) and stupid amounts of fireworks are about it...
HNY!
Stace
Geez! I don't even look at who's following my blog. I suppose I should?
ReplyDeleteCalie xxx
Hey Calie,
ReplyDeleteIt's not something I check on often - however there are certain stereotypes associated with our community, and I would rather not have upskirt shots on the page enforcing them...
Stace