Monthly Archives: September 2021

Day 4 Melkwegbridge, Purmerend. Wow, what a bridge! Next to a large bus station with a covered bicycle park, and crossing a canal, it has two parts. A pedestrian bridge that arches straight high diagonally over the canal and a … Continue reading →

FLANDERS (Antwerp, Gent, Brugge, Ostend, Leuven, Hasselt) Sept 21-22. 2021 Observations 1. Bicycles. Flemish Belgium may be more bicycle mad than Holland. The majority of the bikes are unlike anything in Canada – clunky with a large down tube, usually … Continue reading →

Netherlands – Central and West (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Almere) Sept 22-29, 2021 Observations 1. Highways a. Speed limits. In every other country in Europe, the speed limit is 130kms/hr, but there is never radar and the left lane is full … Continue reading →

France – Lower Normandy (Caen, Cherbourg) Sept 20, 2021 Moulin de Moidrey, Pontorson. Alone out in the country, this is the first time I can remember a mill with the vanes turning. It was built in 1830 and totally refurbished … Continue reading →

Spain – Basque Country (Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria) Sept 10, 2021 BILBAO Monument to Evaristo de Churruca (1841-1917) was a Spanish engineer. He directed diverse construction work in Murcia and Biscay and subsequently was transferred to Puerto Rico, where he was in charge of the installation … Continue reading →

Under-12s are increasingly catching COVID-19. How sick are they getting and when will we be able to vaccinate them? Nicholas Wood Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney In July Australia’s approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged … Continue reading →

Is a variant worse than Delta on the way? Viral evolution offers clues. Experts are exploring trends in the ways viruses mutate to understand why highly contagious variants like Delta emerge—and what might come next. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 17, … Continue reading →

United Kingdom – Channel Islands – Guernsey (Alderney, Sark and Herm) I flew from Jersey to Guernsey on the afternoon of Sept 16th (BlueSkies, 74E) in a 10 minute flight. Guernsey (GCI) Things all changed for Guernsey – which has … Continue reading →

United Kingdom – Channel Islands – Jersey Sept 15-16, 2021 I took the ferry from St Malo France to Jersey on Sept 15 arriving in St Helier – 38E. Jersey is treating covid differently than the rest of the UK … Continue reading →

France – Poitou-Charentes (Poitiers, La Rochelle, Niort) September 13, 2021 ROCHEFORT Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge was built between 1898 and 1900. It connects the towns of Rochefort and Échillais without hindering the navigation of shipping serving the ports of Rochefort and Tonnay-Charente. … Continue reading →