2nd April

Helen sent amazing pics of leopard drinking and painted wolf or wild dog.

Here in Giethoorn all the crowds have gone and it is wet again. Going on a boat trip around the canals and lake. When these were all farms the cattle were moved from grassy island to the next one by boat.

This house stands all alone on a small bit of land in the lake. I asked about drainage and there are large underwater or underground pipes for dirty water and smaller ones for drinking

 

It place was a refuge for people wanting to practise their beliefs such as the Mennonites who whipped themselves.

Nowadays that might be thought of as suspect.

The thatch rooves are covered in lichen.