Surprise, surprise

Just when you think winter might be over it’s coming back. Yesterday it started to snow again, so I guess my life as a pedestrian will last a few more days at least. :-) Temperatures have dropped below freezing again.

The snow is gone

The snow has started to disappear a week ago. But I am still mostly walking or going by bus (except on my commute), because the bike paths are full of grit and dirt and my bike is currently in a quite bad condition because of all the salt.

It’s still winter

More snow

Bike paths are getting unusable.


It’s the first time since I moved here over five years ago that snow ploughs are passing in front of my window. They make a scary rumbling noise, by the way.


I finally caught the train again with my camera.


Yellow duck and Shimano SnowHub™. :-)


Bike riding is getting ... interesting.


My bike is full of snow and salt. Looks funny, but I guess I’ll get my comeuppance in spring.

More winter photos

The landscape has been covered in snow for more than a week now. That is something special, because we got used to rather lame winters during the previous years. The snow (if there was any) used to melt again after a few minutes or hours, but this year it takes a bit longer. My city doesn’t have much road salt left (so I guess they will stop this kind of environmental pollution soon). :-)
It’s now impossible to ride a bike on many roads and paths, but I am enjoying the snowy landscape and hope that it will last some more days.

Winter wonderland

More photos – from today.




Some seagulls. We’re 70 miles (110 km) away from the sea, but they seem to feel comfortable here. It’s nice to have them around, because they remind me of my summer holidays at the Dutch North Sea coast. :-)


Ducks. There are also moorhens around, by the way.


Frozen lake and ice-free river. :-)



Work starts again tomorrow. I wonder if it’s still possible to go by bike. I’ll probably walk several parts of my commute.