A Postcard From Asperen, Gelderland, Netherlands - 9th June 2018

Nosher's over in Asperen, in the Netherlands, for old school-friend Martin's 50th birthday, along with half of New Milton, so it's quite odd being in deepest rural Netherlands talking to loads of people about Arnewood School and suchlike. Before the do, Nosher and Hamish - who's there after an overnight ferry trip from Hull - explore the town for a bit. Before that, Nosher, The Boy Phil, Gaz and Marticle are off for a high-speed 24-ish mile ride out to Tibenham, and back via Burston.

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Harry does some reading in the office

Harry does some reading in the office

Gaz and The Boy Phil at the Tibenham Greyhound

The Tibenham Greyhound's bucolic location

Gaz in the Burston Crown

Marticle and Gaz in the Burston Crown

The plane for Amsterdam

A FlyBe advert on Norwich's terminal

The East Anglian Air Ambulance in on the ground

Norwich Airport has quite the collection of planes

Spixworth from the air

Spixworth and the new Northern Relief Road

Somewhere over Amsterdam

More of Amsterdam from the air

A Martinair 747 Cargo on the ground

Nosher's plane at Schipol

In a tunnel somewhere

Martin's robot lawnmower does its thing

Martin's got a boat in the garden, in case it floods

Hamish and Martin

We head off to Spar in Asperen for some supplies

An old car rumbles past

Hamish and Martin in Spar

Hamish chooses some bread

Hamish checks out, with a loaf of bread

Hamish roams around in the hotel

We explore the dining room

We have a picnic outside our hotel - De Schildkamp

We're joined by Martin and the New Milton massive

Hamish walks along a dyke

Nice houses by the river Linge

Fountain in Asperen

A statue of a horse, opposite the Hervormde Kerk

Voorstraat in Asperen

A funky T25 Volkswagen van

Martin's got a giant inflatable Old Codger

A nice quintessential Dutch house

The organ of the Hervormde Kerk

An Farmall D-217 tractor rumbles down Voorstraat

Another classic car drives by

A house by Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk is a bit overgrown

The River Linge

Hamish walks over the bridge

A backwater of the Linge, by the KunstFort

Asperen's KunstFort

Looking back up Voorstraat

There's a pre-party lunch up at the venue

There's a dude in that really knows his salmon

The salmon dude offers out some tasty smoked fish

There's a special treat of flame-seared salmon

Hamish and Martin scope out old photos

Party lunch

The casino people set up

The casino's van is outside

The tower of the Hervormde Kerk