Monday, May 11
FRI 1/5/2026 DAY 3 Hoogeveen
Rail Miles: 0; Walk Miles: 3.61;
A couple of local trips to Gronigen and coffee by the canal, and later the local town and nature reserve.
A very rural location.
But a chance to talk with the restorers of this working mill, dating back to the 1870s. The Dutch can come across as gruff at times, and the guttural language doesn't help change a foreign visitor's view of this. But show interest in a person's passion and these barriers come tumbling down.
Each wooden section is numbered so that the mill can be dismantled and rebuilt in another location. The restorer told me that he that as he worked on the recommissioning he could feel the character of the original builder.
Hands across time.
Labels: interrail
Rail Miles: 0; Walk Miles: 3.61;
A couple of local trips to Gronigen and coffee by the canal, and later the local town and nature reserve.
A very rural location.
But a chance to talk with the restorers of this working mill, dating back to the 1870s. The Dutch can come across as gruff at times, and the guttural language doesn't help change a foreign visitor's view of this. But show interest in a person's passion and these barriers come tumbling down.
Each wooden section is numbered so that the mill can be dismantled and rebuilt in another location. The restorer told me that he that as he worked on the recommissioning he could feel the character of the original builder.
Hands across time.
Labels: interrail
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