Today we took the 2 kayaks and canoe on a 5km paddle through old
Giethoorn and out around the reed beds. We saw a man adding thatch to his roof and stopped in a canal-side paddock for lunch. There are plenty of phragmites paddocks, to grow 'thatch', as well as some with sheep and cattle. They seem to use the cattle to refresh the phragmites. I'm impressed with the shape of the thatched roofs - lower at the front and some with ceramic ridge capping.
We spent most of the afternoon with the kids working on their journals and relaxing. John went for a walk before it started to rain and I managed to get a couple of loads of washing through. It is quite nice here this evening watching the rain fall on the canal out the window of a thatched cottage. Back to Amsterdam tomorrow.
I've added a few additional photos from our last day in Giethoorn.
We spent most of the afternoon with the kids working on their journals and relaxing. John went for a walk before it started to rain and I managed to get a couple of loads of washing through. It is quite nice here this evening watching the rain fall on the canal out the window of a thatched cottage. Back to Amsterdam tomorrow.
I've added a few additional photos from our last day in Giethoorn.
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| Sophie in old Giethoorn |
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| Will in old Giethoorn |
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| Sophie in old Giethoorn |
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| Lunch by kayak - cheese and salami rolls |
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| Will finds the right turn in the canals |
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| Sophie swaps into the canoe |
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| Sophie with the water lillies |
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| Cattle in the phragmites |
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| Nearly back through the reeds to old Giethoorn |
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| Picturesque paddle |
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| Picturesque paddle |
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| Picturesque paddle |
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| Clogs on the wall of the boathouse |
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| Back to our boathouse |
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| Ducks and the house opposite |
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| Vege garden across the canal for a nearby restaurant - fresh food! |
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| Amazing thatch - a house with its own lake |
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