Lauwersmeer #5: View on Zoutkamp

@Japanalia: Thanks Gabriela, I'm very enouraged by comments like these!

@Steven: Thanks Steven!

@Sujit Sudhi: Thank you Sujit!

@the lightwriter: Thanks Lightwriter, it was last Sunday, I went there alone with Joris to let him out at the "dogs' beach", but that was totally overhauled and "" under construction" I think they are transforming it into a big recreation beach where dogs are forbidden. The Lauwersmeer is really threatened by military manoeuvres and tourism this way, but the economy you know and the employment rates. They are also building new bungalow parks, every 3 year you see new projects. It's sad. All poltical poarties agree with these developments, and in The Hague they don't have any interest in natural reservation anymore.

@Wolfgang Prigge: You are really keeping my mind sharp, Wolfgang. I understood that my text could be misunderstood. What I meant was: the wind, howling through the shrouds, i.e. the standing rigging of the boats. Not parts bumping to the masts. It was late and my dictionary was upstairs so I invented something on the spot. Second: yes, there are many work boats, and I consider it being caused by: 1. the normal number of work boats, 2. the weather and 3. the day of the week (Sunday) and 4. the previous work boats now in use as recreation boats: a ship, when maintained properly, has a long life and a work vessel is soon out of date not because of decay but because of technical reasons (engine, technical features) and is sold as a recreation boat, so they look like work boats, but aren't any more.
We teachers always want to have the last word and keep our minds sharp, but also other peoples' minds, that's why so many people find us schoolmasters :), maybe it's also the reason for my explanatory stories underneath my pictures :). Thanks very much!