Dutch Mark

Your welcome Well officially English to be honest, lived in Holland for about 30 years, Hellevoetsluis en Goeree over Flakkee (Nieuwe-Tonge), I went back to the UK about 3 and a half years ago planning to keep it that way, back to the roots i guess hehe. At the moment I am doing some research about Hellevoetsluis in the 2nd ww, there is Fort Hearlem there, first used by the Dutch army and later when Holland was occopied by the Germans, Hellevoetsluis has some interesting history, in the old days of Napoleon it was a major naval base as well for example there is an old vesting The Germans had 3 bases for 1 man submarines of the type Bibber class in Holland, one was in the poorthaven Rotterdam, one in Hoek van Holland and Hellevoet, they used to tow them from the Poorthaven to Hellevoetsluis where they where loaded with 2 torpedos to go to the Channel via the Haringvliet to attack ships there, i believe they had 18 of them submarines, there is still stuff in original state in Hoek van Holland open to the public to see, like a museum. Jij ook alvast de beste wensen en een voorspoedig 2007 grtz Mark

Hi Paul, Yep I will be back on time to join in the big trip, no probs, sounds like it is going to be another fantastic day! Sounds like Tunnel Rat and Richard already had some fun today, looking forward to hear and see all about it, well done guys! Cheers Mark

Hi mate, Ok I can see your point, was just trying to give some possible helpfull info, 4 hours at a bar can be fun though hehe, not if you have to drive obiously hehe. Hopefully we meet at war and peace show as am am planning to come as well, we could even jabber some Dutch, it does not happen that often I can do that to people in the UK hehe. All the best Mark

Hi Enigma, I don't know if you are aware, there is also a ferry service from Oostende to Ramsgate in Kent, I have used them several times, if you book in advance they can be pretty cheap as well, the crossing will take at least 4 hours but staff is friendly and they have a Bar ;-). Not sure if i'm alloud to place the link for the ferry service so pm me if you like to know more 8-) met vriendelijke groet English Mark :whistle:

Hi guys, A shame i'm back in Holland at the mo, would love to be there as well :dunno: If you guys go, enjoy r selfs, i'm sure u will have some fun down there cheers Mark

I have posted on youtube, i hope you dont mind :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRDqckyKJ8

Hi DutchMark here, i've been working with Tunnel Rat on a short film of the day. It is viewable here, photobucket has effected the quality a little. http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/LFK_bucket/?action=view&current=lfk251106-1.flv