More about myself

A wee introduction......
Who is the person behind this weblog you might ask. My name is Ron and I live in a very little town in the west part of the Netherlands between Haarlem and The Hague close to Noordwijk. I am married with Manuela and we both live in the house in the picture on the left. The tree is not there anymore but the house is.. at the time of writing. I also have two children from my previous marriage. Laura who is 12 and Alex is 10. They come over every fortnight and in the holidays.

Why do I make these websites about Scotland? Not because I have nothing better to do, in fact I have, as my wife keeps reminding me and she is right (as usual). Scotland is actually our favourite holiday destination and Manuela and I got married in Scotland in 2004 and that gives it an extra touch. The other reason for creating these websites is the fact that I like photography and I work as an IT-Professional. Creating websites and discovering new possibilities on the internet is something I like a lot.

The area I live in is mainly famous for the huge fields with bulbflowers that colour the area each year and attract thousands of tourists from abroad, yes also from the UK. There is a huge flowergarden called Keukenhof which is very interesting and offers lovely displays of the coloured flowers in the well maintained gardens. And furthermore it is a lovely area to cycle through in spring when the beautiful fields not only look nice but smell great as well

Since my hometown is only 5 miles from the westcoast you can find us regularly on the beach or in the dunes. The dunes are a nature reserve between my hometown and the beach and is great for long distance walks. It has forests and grass fields and the dunes are rich with wildlife. Deer, hares, foxes and rabbits can be spotted easily and lots of birds find their home in the dunes. There are a lot of (man made) canal's and little loch's. The dunes are a natural source of fresh water because of the filtering capabilities of the sand layers. These dunes provide the whole west part of the Netherlands with fresh drinking water. The supply of water into the dunes comes from rainwater and riverwater which is pumped into the dunes.