
(photograph © Kiwidutch)
Our 2016 Easter long weekend has come to an end, and we head to the other end of the island to take the ferry home.
It rained hard during the night, but we are lucky with the weather: it dries up at daybreak and we load the car and set out with just the odd patch of light drizzle.
The wind however is another thing. Even with a fully loaded car of three adults, two kids and seemingly endless luggage (and Kiwi Daughter travelling with our other friends but her suitcase is with us) the car is still being buffeted on the open and exposed landscape.
Knowing that I’m as bad a sailor as I am a car traveler, I am the only one to elect to exit the car deck and go upstairs.
Buffeting fresh air and photography take my mind off the green feelings, and luckily the trip is a very short one.
In no time at all we are in the quieter waters of Den Helder harbour, I go back to the car and we are over the ramps and onto dry land. Even though it is the morning of Easter Monday, there is still a long line of cars in the opposite lane waiting to board the ferry. With Texel now beind us, we head on to our next destination…

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)
The harbour area on Texel is just visible at about “10 o’clock” point on the horizon…

(photograph © Kiwidutch)

(photograph © Kiwidutch)