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Drone shot of our property and the small village of Heelweg-Ost.  There are about 50 houses, a community centre. No schools or churches. You can see that the one bathroom is between the two roofs. Enclosed verandah on the back and barn to the left. Over to the left rear you can see the stocked ponds, lakes of a private 'pay to fish' recreation and camping area. Really nice couple operate it.  Fish for trout, carp and sturgeon.  Catch and release, or catch and keep.  You pay to play. They also have a nice little pub and serve snacks. No one can build behind us and the owner is letting it go back to nature to attract local wildlife. The village information/notice board. Some inside detail.... the oak barn frame skeleton is exposed, inside and outside and is structural.  This one must have been a bit short and they jacked it up with a bloody big stone.  Kitchen is small, but functional Old church pews for benches Bunged in a 4 burner inductio

Barry, our blue water sailor and shipwright, has been building the 'Mathew Turner' tall ship in SF for a couple of years and is out sailing on New Years Day. https://vimeo.com/mikejetteraerials/matthew-turner Matthew Turner - named after the “grandfather” and historic big time wooden ship builder, the educational tall ship took over 4 years to built. It’s the first tall ship built in the Bay Area in 85 years, 132-feet long, 25 feet wide and weights a total of 175 tons. It will have a total of 11 sails. The foremast is 70 feet by 19 inches and weighs 3,600 pound. Hundreds of volunteers dedicated countless of hours building this ship. The overall cost is $6.3 million. The Matthew Turner saw the first ray of light Friday March 31, 2017 as it was moved out of the building tent. The next day, April 1, it was released into the water and tugged to its final location close to the Bay Model in Sausalito, where it will be completed. It was a big milestone for the Matthew Turner a

https://youtu.be/VYoJD8-MwMw https://www.gelderlander.nl/oost-gelre/van-carbidschieten-met-vrienden-naar-festival-met-1-250-bezoekers-het-is-een-beetje-uit-de-hand-gelopen~aff300ae/ You can open the link with Chrome, then hit menu/translate. It seems like cannons made from milk cans, stuffed with a soccer ball and powered by calcium carbide  (+ water=acetylene gas) are a big thing in our area of NL around Xmas/New Year time. It is legal, i don't think that you need a permit. Here is one field a couple of kliks from BBBROEKERWEG. Maarten says that you can hear them, pretty loud. Looks like fun.