Market Street

Driving though the village of Musselkanaal.

Village view

View into Stationsstraat, in the village of Musselkanaal.

MusSAILkanaal

Over a hundred cargo-vessels came to Musselkanaal this weekend for 'MusSAILkanaal'. With this event the village in the south of the province of Groningen celebrated 250 years 'Stadskanaal' (by which is meant the actual canal -'Cities Canal'-, not the town Stadskanaal nearby) as well as 400 years 'Semslinie'.
The Semslinie is a part of the border between the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe that runs from Wolfsbarge to Musselkanaal, right through the former Bourtanger Moor.

Both pictures are from yesterday evening. We were very lucky to have such beautiful Summer weather!

Road sign

A creative prohibitory road sign seen in the village of Musselkanaal. It's not an official sign obviously, but apparently it is allowed as it has been there for years.

For more signs found worldwide go to signs, signs.

Winter walk

This photo was taken during a walk near the village of Musselkanaal. As you can see it was a sunny, though windy and cold winter day.
To see another image from this area that I showed you earlier this month click here.

Winter view

It was sunny but cold when I took this photo during a winter walk. It's a view with the village of Musselkanaal in the distance.

Klap tot Klap loop

Paasmaandag betekent 'Klap tot Klap loop' in mijn woonplaats! De start is in Musselkanaal bij de IJzeren Klap, en de finish is 10 km later bij de Gele Klap in Stadskanaal. Het woord 'klap' wordt in de provincie Groningen ook wel gebruikt voor 'ophaalbrug' -denk aan 'klapbrug'.

 

Easter Monday means it's time for the annual 'Klap to Klap run' (Klap tot Klap loop) in my town! The start is at the IJzeren Klap (Iron Klap) in Musselkanaal, with the finish after 10 km at the Gele Klap (Yellow Klap) in Stadskanaal. You must know that in the province Groningen 'klap' is an old word for draw bridge, we then also know the word 'klapbrug' in Dutch.

Beide foto's zijn vlak voor de finish genomen. Op de bovenste foto staat de winnaar (Kiptoo), op de onderste foto nr.2 (Cheruiyot), beide uit Kenia. Respect voor hun prestatie!

Voor nog een foto van de Klap tot Klap loop kijk je op mijn andere blog -hier-.

 

Both pictures were taken near the finish. On the top photo you see the winner (Kiptoo), on the photo below no.2 (Cheruiyot), both are from Kenya. I respect their efforts!

For another photo of the Klap to Klap run go to my other blog -here-.