Come to sunny Utrecht! lol

[Chris_D]

Spotted this write-up of my adopted Dutch home town on borderline tabloid website metro.co.uk today and thought I'd share.
It really is a nice place to visit! Honest.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/15-reasons-to-choose-utrecht-for-a-spring-break-6545629/

 

[buzyg]

Reminds me of Antwerp, but nicer and more water.

 

[ronk]

We have planned to stay in Arnhem again this year but I think we will look next year!

 

[firebobby]

16/ Come and see zee mad English man and his collection of BMW relics, I think you refer to him as a fruitcase.
Looks very nice Chris, so if we come over, do you have enough space to put us up, old friend, old buddy, old mate

 

[Marlon]

looks lovely

 

[Chris_D]

Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this :lol:
There's confirmation of my forum-gobshitishness right there!

And Fred, there's plenty of space in the shed at the bottom of my garden for you and family to stop. Not heated but there's a rainwater barrel for morning ablutions and you can help yourself to whatever's sprouted in the vegetable patch. Just don't touch my *kof*, special plants in the corner. They're for er, medicinal purposes...

 

[Chris_D]

We have planned to stay in Arnhem again this year but I think we will look next year!

Groovy! Make sure you get over to Posbank and the Hoge Veluwe parks if the great outdoors is your thing - 2 of my favourite places for biking/walking. Really stunning there.

 

[Bing]

I'll be near Utrecht this weekend - final rugby tour with my squad, U17s boys. We're playing Amersfoort on Saturday afternoon, and Hilversum on Sunday morning. Sadly we'll be on a coach, and probably too drunk to make it to Utrecht itself :lol:

Looks a lovely place though

 

[Marlon]

Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this :lol:
There's confirmation of my forum-gobshitishness right there!

And Fred, there's plenty of space in the shed at the bottom of my garden for you and family to stop. Not heated but there's a rainwater barrel for morning ablutions and you can help yourself to whatever's sprouted in the vegetable patch. Just don't touch my *kof*, special plants in the corner. They're for er, medicinal purposes...

Biggest chuckle of the day - thanks Chris :lol:

 

[Chris_D]

I'll be near Utrecht this weekend - final rugby tour with my squad, U17s boys. We're playing Amersfoort on Saturday afternoon, and Hilversum on Sunday morning. Sadly we'll be on a coach, and probably too drunk to make it to Utrecht itself :lol:

Looks a lovely place though

Oh nice one! Good luck. Kick their arses! lol
Amersfoort was the first town I lived in when I first came over here in 2001. Sigh, happy days. It's also a lovely place - well the old part is at least!
Get down to Long John's Irish Bar in Amersfoort for a decent pint o' the black stuff. They do a wicked burger too. Just don't ask what kind of meat it is! :lol:
Looking forwards to Kings Day on Thursday for a right royal pi$$-up.... :evil:

 

[Chris_D]

Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this :lol:
There's confirmation of my forum-gobshitishness right there!

And Fred, there's plenty of space in the shed at the bottom of my garden for you and family to stop. Not heated but there's a rainwater barrel for morning ablutions and you can help yourself to whatever's sprouted in the vegetable patch. Just don't touch my *kof*, special plants in the corner. They're for er, medicinal purposes...

Biggest chuckle of the day - thanks Chris :lol:

yw colin, I aim to please! and fred is a sufficiently easy and willing target... :lol: :lol:

 

[markeg]

Lovely place, been a few times - have some dutch friends that live there. Highly recommend it

 

[firebobby]

Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this :lol:
There's confirmation of my forum-gobshitishness right there!

And Fred, there's plenty of space in the shed at the bottom of my garden for you and family to stop. Not heated but there's a rainwater barrel for morning ablutions and you can help yourself to whatever's sprouted in the vegetable patch. Just don't touch my *kof*, special plants in the corner. They're for er, medicinal purposes...

Biggest chuckle of the day - thanks Chris :lol:

yw colin, I aim to please! and fred is a sufficiently easy and willing target... :lol: :lol:

I just load the gun

I was hoping you had a spare room Chris, I would expect breakfast too, oh and picking up from the nearest airport.
So what dates are good for you then :|

 

[Chris_D]

Biggest chuckle of the day - thanks Chris :lol:

yw colin, I aim to please! and fred is a sufficiently easy and willing target... :lol: :lol:

I just load the gun

I was hoping you had a spare room Chris, I would expect breakfast too, oh and picking up from the nearest airport.
So what dates are good for you then :|

 

[Anonymous]

Spotted this write-up of my adopted Dutch home town on borderline tabloid website metro.co.uk today and thought I'd share.
It really is a nice place to visit! Honest.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/15-reasons-to-choose-utrecht-for-a-spring-break-6545629/

For me Brugge is the weekend nip away. I lived in Den Haag and worked in Utrecht often (Europaplein). Utrecht is beautiful in many ways but from here weekends away ??? bit too far. Envy you also a little bit living there, wish I was. 8)

 

[Kingfisher]

Here's where I live ... can't compete with Utrecht but it is pretty ... we live a mile up the road on the way to the mountains ... foothills of the Pyrenees.
https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTccq8agBZVFAAfVV3Bwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-bt-btyuser&va=arles-sur-tech&hspart=bt&hsimp=yhs-btyuser

 

[Chris_D]

Spotted this write-up of my adopted Dutch home town on borderline tabloid website metro.co.uk today and thought I'd share.
It really is a nice place to visit! Honest.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/15-reasons-to-choose-utrecht-for-a-spring-break-6545629/

For me Brugge is the weekend nip away. I lived in Den Haag and worked in Utrecht often (Europaplein). Utrecht is beautiful in many ways but from here weekends away ??? bit too far. Envy you also a little bit living there, wish I was. 8)

I was on the Europaplein yesterday picking up a Tacx Turbotrainer from the Coolblue shop! lol small world. What were you doing there?
The Fiddler was always a good watering hole in Den Haag

Here's where I live ... can't compete with Utrecht but it is pretty ... we live a mile up the road on the way to the mountains ... foothills of the Pyrenees.
https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTccq8agBZVFAAfVV3Bwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-bt-btyuser&va=arles-sur-tech&hspart=bt&hsimp=yhs-btyuser

Larvly! Tour de France comin your way this year?

 

[Anonymous]

Spotted this write-up of my adopted Dutch home town on borderline tabloid website metro.co.uk today and thought I'd share.
It really is a nice place to visit! Honest.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/15-reasons-to-choose-utrecht-for-a-spring-break-6545629/

For me Brugge is the weekend nip away. I lived in Den Haag and worked in Utrecht often (Europaplein). Utrecht is beautiful in many ways but from here weekends away ??? bit too far. Envy you also a little bit living there, wish I was. 8)

I was on the Europaplein yesterday picking up a Tacx Turbotrainer from the Coolblue shop! lol small world. What were you doing there?
The Fiddler was always a good watering hole in Den Haag

Here's where I live ... can't compete with Utrecht but it is pretty ... we live a mile up the road on the way to the mountains ... foothills of the Pyrenees.
https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrTccq8agBZVFAAfVV3Bwx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-bt-btyuser&va=arles-sur-tech&hspart=bt&hsimp=yhs-btyuser

Larvly! Tour de France comin your way this year?

I was working on what was Commerzbank"s building, not sure who owns it now. It"s the big one curved next to what was the fire station. I made all of the radius formwork on that project

 

[Kingfisher]

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Larvly! Tour de France comin your way this year?
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Not this far South alas ...