3rd April

Another day of rain so set off northwards through little villages where all the houses are detached with tidy gardens.

Treelined roads where all the trees are the same age. Must have been a huge planting about 40 yeats ago.

Drove through the Drenthe woodland. Lots of blossom but few leaves.

 Everyone very white where I have been.

 All the hospitality and retail workers tend to be locals. Have seen no wires either apart from some street lamps in town all the utilities must be underground

 Not a single telephone pole. Picked a random route and stopped for a break  at Munnekezijl and found all this interesting stuff. A lock. Two churches, a monument of some kind and a windmill.

This is more arable and cattle country.

Now I am in Groningen in a box room but right on the middle.

Having a massage at a Thai place that certainly looked smarter online .

This is a building called the Forum which houses the public library and cinemas and lots more and goes up 9 floors but made me feel a bit woozy just looking at it from outside.

Im not going to this talk.

Exhausted after supper and it's only 7.

30. Had typical mustard soup but suddenly felt awful so went to bed.