*** 2006 ***

"Remembrance 2006"

Friday, March 31, 2006 2:44 PM

Hi Pats,
I came across your website while searching out Vollenhove on the internet.
Being a Vollenhove resident, I was wondering if you could help me?
I am planning to visit Vollenhove on April 25th
to visit my uncle's war grave on behalf of my family.
I will be travelling from Canada.
My Uncle (Jack Gibbs) is buried in De Voorst cemetery, shot down at age 19.
.................
I only speak English; will that be a problem getting around the town in general?
Many thanks for your assistance and reply.

Brenda Gibbs


"In Memoriam"



R.91205 Flight Sergeant Jack Edward Gibbs
Wireless operator / Air gunner
Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd of July 1942 - age 19

see also 420 Squadron

In the weeks after March 31st I was collecting all kinds of information
about here uncle's crash in the lake called "Zwarte Meer" just South of Vollenhove
April 25th-26th I was a helpful guide in Vollenhove

Additional page will follow - 25 aug 2006 - PATS
Adding page about Jack Edward Gibbs - 10 feb 2007 - PATS


Biking in January - 4x - and February - 5x - too, together with Bram 3-4x and Harm 3-2x.
Most of the time we did stop for a coffee-break
at the gas-station near Steenwijk
With minus 9 Celsius - January 29th - I did set another biking record for myself

"de Knobbel" - 't Harde v.v.- 106 km - TB
"Lemelerberg" - Lemelerveld v.v. - 128 km - TRB
"Holterberg" - Holten v.v. - 162 km - TRB
"WWW-ride" - Workum - Warns - Wijckel v.v. - 153 km - TRBH
"Grenzeloos" - German border - Coevorden v.v - 165 km - TRBHW
"Gaasterland" - Starum - Balk v.v. - 139 km - TRB
"TBT" - Tilff-Bastogne-Tilff - Belgium - 250km - TRB
"LM" - Limburg Mooiste - Southern Limburg - 197 km - TRB
"JJC" - Jan Jansen Classic - Wageningen - 157 km - TR

1457 km in 9 rides - avg. = 162 km / 101 mile per ride !!!
abbreviation - TRBHWFS = Teun - Rein - Bram - Harm - Wil - Frans - Siemen


Tilff-Bastogne-Tilff - 2006 - Belgium - 250 km

For the 6th time in a row I was on the slope of the "La Redoute",
the 1st (2001) and 2nd ( 2002) I was forced to get off the bike - 17% -
but now it's 4-2 in my advantage ;) - 2 times LBL - 4 times TBT -


Côte de Wanne - 2006 - Belgium
Around 09:15am - 70 km - we stopped at friends on the route in Petite Mormont (Houffalize)
Later that day they encouraged us unexpected at the 13% of "Côte de Wanne".
Great. Thanks for the images at the Wanne.


Keep Smiling after 161 km - Côte de Wanne
Heading to the control point at 163 km
The Cote de Oneux and Cote de Brume were 2 surprising climbs
in the following detour to Remouchamps



There is not always asphalt in my eyes ;)
Got a couple of nice shots - Canon Powershot A520 - 4MP - 4x opt.zoom
with an 1MB SD Card - 2 AA - res. 2272x1704 pixels



My dad's hobby for many years - impressed by their flying skills -
speeding over 70 mi/hrs and fly back from - Barcelona, Spain - 800 miles - without GPS !!! -
body temp is 41C - 106.6F





Great Tit - next to the pigeon house, White Stork - just over the bridge of Vollenhove,
Friesian horses - Tacozijl - two miles west of Lemmer,
Grey Heron - Repelweg - on the dike towards Vollenhove



Towards the Col de la Croix de Fer - 2068m -
Practice run on the monday prior to the Marmotte on saturday
This year I made it in 3:03h from the start in Bourg d'Oisans - Bram 2:51h -

Our practice mileage out of Les Ougiers - France - :

Saturday - Col de Sarenne - 1999 m - 59 km
Sunday - Col d'Ornon - 1367 m - 47 km
Monday - Col de la Croix de Fer - 2068 m - 97 km
Tuesday - Villard Reculas - 1550m - 53 km

Wednesday - Alpe d'Huez - 1820 m - 42 km
- image at Hairpin 2 - by Photo Breton -

Thursday - Les 2 Alpes - 1640 m - 29 km - skilift Venosc -
Got 327 km as warming-up for coming Saturday
Time for a break

Friday - Relax - Les Ougiers - Bourg d'Oisans


Saturday - Marmotte - 2645m - 211km


Dossard 1114 - #3475 - Bram - 55y/83kg - cat.F - 11:59:44 - bronze - 15.14 km/h

Dossard 1150 - #4053 - Pats - 55y/98kg - cat.F - 12:54:40 - bronze - 13.99 km/h



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8th of July - 2006 - Marmotte - 176 km - #4134 finished
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Due an accident just over the top of the Glandon there was a major delay
I was lucky with only 20 minutes - Bram - 30 min - Other people ... one and a half hour !!
Time for 2006-G-landon in the table is corrected

MARMOTTE

cat.E

cat.F

- - 2002 - -

- - 2003 - -

- - 2004 - -

- 2005-G -

- 2006-G -

Frans

3 x

-

bronze 11.14.50 15:47km/h

silver 9.20.41 18:62km/h

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GOLD 8.41.30 20:07km/h

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Siemen

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2 x

retour - C.d.Fer - due heavy rain

silver 10.45.05 16:16km/h

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PATS

-

4 x

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bronze 12.03.07 14:44km/h

silver 11.10.00 15:58km/h

bronze 12.20.53 14:13km/h

bronze 12.34.40 13:99km/h

Rein

-

2 x

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silver 10.27.40 16:63km/h

silver 9.57.17 17:51km/h

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Harm

-

1 x

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silver 11.19.46 15:36km/h

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Bram

-

3 x

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silver 11.23.18 15:28km/h

silver 10.31.24 16:57km/h

silver 11.29.44 15:14km/h

- category E - 40-49 years - gold - 9.15 - silver - 11.06 - bronze > 11.06
- category F - 50-59 years - gold - 9.36 - silver - 11.32 - bronze > 11.32
- category G - 60+ years - gold - 10.03 - silver - 12.04 - bronze > 12.04

Have fun :) and take care - Greetings from HENK ( the Grey Heron )



Like the close-up of this young Great Tit - "Koolmees" -
Just before it was leaving the nest box
Hard to make....... certainly with the delay of the camera
but with some patience - count to 20 !! - it was Bingo

Total mileage this year - 6193 km - 3871 miles - 71 rides

6193 km - Race - 71x - 0 km - Trekking - 0 x
home-work 'clicks' - 2983 km

9176 km - 5735 mi in 2006

10111 km - 6319 mi in 2005

12725 km - 7953 mi in 2004

13060 km - 8163 mi in 2003

My race, trekking and home-work mileages for the last 14 years
do have the data since 1993 in Excel

116492 km - 72808 mi - 2006 - 1993



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