Because the permanent tenant of the place where we were allowed to moor temporarily would return on Monday May 30, 2022, we left that day at 9:22AM. Afterwards it turned out that he did not come back until Wednesday, June 1, 2022, but that does not alter the fact that we really appreciated being able to stay during 5(!) nights in Haskerdijken/Haskerdiken. (See https://www.heeresloot.nl/.) We sailed that morning (in)to (the centre of) Heerenveen/It Hearrenfean and moored already at 10:24AM - at a spot with electricity, after another boat was willing to move up a bit. This is the wonderful place where we (still) lie, awaiting the arrival of our son and his wife. They come from England and will sail with us for a few days.

The floating outside sitting area, part of Café ‘De Oase’, in front of our little ship, was this morning (Pentecost Sunday) popular with visitors.

We are moored along a street called Breedpad (‘Broadpath’). When coming from the north-west and passing the Herenwalsterbrug there cannot be any doubt about the name of the street. It is displayed quadruple: 2 x on the right, on the house and a street name sign (above the no parking sign) and 2 x on the left, on the building and again a street name sign. The cyclist on the foreground of the picture is shown several times because it was necessary to take a panoramic photo in order to capture all four street signs.

Alongside the Herenwal one impressive urban farm (nowadays not in use as such) stands out.

Between the Fok and the Herensloot/Hearresleat there is a wide grass strip - a real sniffing zone for the dog. He lays down quietly while shooting pictures.

On May 31, one of us got the idea to walk to Oranjewoud - and of course back. All together at least 8 kilometres. On the way up we discovered that a street was named after our little boat. There is an H. in front of it. This indisputably means that a holy 'Hebbes' must (have) existed. ('H' stands for Holy, after all.) On the way back we did not notice this anymore. We felt a bit exhausted…

It rained for a long time after we arrived in Oranjewoud. Fortunately, there were (tent)canvases stretched, under which we could shelter. For at least 3 quarters of an hour!! By the way, it was a beautiful hiding place; exactly in front of the Oranjewoud Estate (1744). A contractor was removing what we will call the 'bridge reinforcement'. He put on an impressive show using heavy equipment. We applauded him after finishing.

A cloudburst threatens to erupt over Heerenveen. On the left the Herenwal, on the right the Fok, in the middle the Herensloot/Hearresleat.

Heerenveen's/It Hearrenfean's town hall. Beautiful! For more information, see https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackstate (only in Dutch, fortunately there's Google Translate).

Next to Heerenveen's/It Hearrenfean's town hall this composition, ‘parktafereel’ (‘park scene’) is to be found. We think it’s lovely. It dates from 2007 and was created by Judith Braun (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Braun).

One of the attractive spaces in the centre of this town is het Gemeenteplein (‘Municipal Square’). To the left “Het Postkantoor” ((former) Post Office) is visible; to the right “’t Gerecht” ((former) Courthouse – but a ‘gerecht’ has two meanings in Dutch: 1) courthouse and 2) dish (do you get the pun??))