52° N chilling down

Our boots in the snow in the hamlet of Heelweg-oost, from

Maarten

Front yard

Looking east...Not much traffic on the BBBROEKERWEG.

Over at the the fishing park  'de Kool', they run a fountain pump to keep the water open and not freeze over.
The geese winter over on these ponds

De Slinge has some water, it is flowing so it does not freeze completely.

Water is pumped out of the Slinge river onto the outdoor skating rink

If you zoom in you can see a bloke cranking up a sweeper machine.  They have to keep the snow off as it insulates the ice underneath.
The water is pumped under and circulates under the ice, makes better ice for skating
It should be thick enough and hard enough to skate on Thursday..

Bike path along the Slinge river.
Temperature  -3° C