I guess you’re putting down roots when you get a cat. Actually he belongs to the landlady but he drops in every morning to see what we’re up to. 
” Ok Didems, here’s the plan today. “.
” I’m all ears Don “
” Yeah well…. we start by going to 67, then straight across to Tijnje, 76, 78, 80,97, Nij Beets for coffee, 73, 86, 13 ,90 ,69, then back to Gorredijk. You got that Didems ?”
“Are you mad ? I’m only a cat “
Tijnje. Not a lot going for it except for some pyramid houses. not even a canal !
Station 2. 
It’s a bit cloudy today so not as hot. We’re now following a large canal that is about 2 metres higher than the farmland. The sign tells us there is a ferry we need to take ,up near that old windmill.
Station 80 is on the other side and unluckily so is the ferry so first of all we have to wind it across. we took turns, honest !
once on board we then wind ourselves to the other side . The chain sinks to the bottom behind us. Hard work I tell you!
Straight through at 97 but here’s a good example of those Plane tree trellises that shade the house.
Nij Beets. So much for the plans. There’s no coffee shop. Oh well,on to Beetsterzwaag. 
That lovely old shop in the background is the bakery where we got our morning fix. Christine needs some more clothes to get us home and if there’s one type of shop that’s more popular than bakery’s here, it’s clothes shops. 
At Station 90 we enter a woodland and a national park
they show up as green and pink shaded areas on the map. 
Some hoons have been taking the plastic liners off the posts and throwing them around. Too much for Christine to ride past.!
and just as we turn into Lippenhuizen we stop at this bus stop to read the history of the tram lines that once ran through Gorredijk 
If you zoom in you can see how far these funny little things ran. ( tram lines are the dark black ones)
It’s past 1pm so now it’s time to kick back and watch the US open on TV
“fetch me another beer Didems. Go Stan !”
Paris to Paris 