Netherlands Weekend, 24th & 25th August 2008

Went to visit the Oostvandersplassen reserve, whilst staying with friends in Amsterdam, not a good idea on a Sunday! Train travel very easy, but getting a bus to the reserve was not, ending up taking a taxi, was deliberating whether or not to go on a tour, where they pick you up at the train station and take you around what is a huge reserve, decided it was too expensive and then ended up spending more to get there and back, and I did not see very much! Spoonbills being the highlight. The next day friends felt sorry sorry for me, so they drove me around Waterland, Marsh Harriers were everywhere, four at once at one point.