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Come to sunny Utrecht! lol
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Come to sunny Utrecht! lol
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-reason ... k-6545629/
It really is a nice place to visit! Honest.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/04/11/15-reason ... k-6545629/
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We have planned to stay in Arnhem again this year but I think we will look next year!
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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
Looks very nice Chris, so if we come over, do you have enough space to put us up, old friend, old buddy, old mate
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Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this
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...
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...
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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.
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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
Looks a lovely place though
Looks a lovely place though
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Biggest chuckle of the day - thanks ChrisChris_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 4:57 pm Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this
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...
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Oh nice one! Good luck. Kick their arses! lolBing wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:22 pm 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
Looks a lovely place though
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!
Looking forwards to Kings Day on Thursday for a right royal pi$$-up....
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yw colin, I aim to please! and fred is a sufficiently easy and willing target...Marlon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:29 pmBiggest chuckle of the day - thanks ChrisChris_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 4:57 pm Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this
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...
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Lovely place, been a few times - have some dutch friends that live there. Highly recommend it
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I just load the gunChris_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:34 pmyw colin, I aim to please! and fred is a sufficiently easy and willing target...Marlon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:29 pmBiggest chuckle of the day - thanks ChrisChris_D wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 4:57 pm Blimey, I'd forgot I even posted this
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...
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
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Beige M sport seats, wood dash
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Land Rover Discovery 1994 TDI (Tow car)
Mini 1000 1981
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Come to sunny Utrecht! lol
E85 3.0i roadie (03) 'Benny'. E93 320d M-Sport Cabrio (11) 'Bob'.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
'Always different, always the same.' John Peel on The Fall.
Come to sunny Utrecht! lol
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.Chris_D wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:55 pm 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-reason ... k-6545629/