Damn dikes

[antonio carroccio]

Jaap, I am glad you have got on the road again. Stay just on the road and do not go on the dikes no more

 

btw, Jaap I was just joking, een beetje plagen...

[Martin Barrett]

I suppose they are what Americans term a Levee as in "when the levee breaks" (Led Zep)

Where " I drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.Them good ol' boy were drinkin' whiskey and rye"( Don Mclean). See I did " learn more from a 3 minute record than I ever did at school"(Bruce Springsteen)

 

My lasting memory of last years International V11 meeting was 25 assorted V11s going across the dike tops. Splendid view. Yes I was towards the back.

 

The dike roads were a new experiance. Strange because the shoulders of the road drop down out of sight. Where I'm used to verges and hedgerows.

 

The picture doesn't really illustrate it, as taken at a village where the road is a little wider, and the drop away not quite so steep. But the road joining from the left gives a slight flavour.

 

[Guest Steve_W]

And I thought drainage ditches were bad...

[antonio carroccio]

kind of example about dikes in Holland