Hans has lived next to the Ankeveense lakes for over 17 years and therefore knows how the water behaves in frost: “Just one or two more days and we might be able to skate a bit in some places.” Hans therefore warns an early enthusiast who is standing by the water at 8:00 am with skates in the bag.
The ice is not yet thick enough in Ankeveen – NH News
“That’s not going to be him,” says skating fanatic Rens Muller from Naarden with regret in his voice. Rens says that he would prefer to skate all year round and that yesterday he decided to give it a try today. He pins his hopes on the promising location at the Bergse Pad in Ankeveen. It is known that the water closes quickly and that you can skate there quickly because it is shallow.
“Dear people really not today, you are going through it”
Neighbor Hans also knows this, who sees it happen with every dash of frost. “This place is well known and people want to skate so badly that they become careless and fall through,” says Hans.
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Rens Muller, who came to look in the bag with his skates this morning, has been warned and is postponing his first laps for a while. But Hans knows that it won’t be long before the first daredevil reports to his front door with a wet suit. “It has happened that they came to ask if they could take a shower,” says Hans. He takes the opportunity to announce that he will no longer be doing that. “Go to the Jaap Edenbaan and come back in two or three days, then you might be able to skate carefully on a few small pieces.” Hans knows the water he lives next to well.
Still success
Skating fanatic Rens Muller does not leave it at that. He drives on to Loosdrecht where he checks out the Vuntus plas. But even there the ice is not yet thick enough. On the entrance gate to the beach an impromptu clue from other skating fanatics. They call for the ice to be left alone. On a piece of cardboard on the fence with large irregular letters the text: “Please DO NOT Tread THE ICE YET SO IT REMAINS WHOLE AND CAN GROW TO THE DESIRED MINIMUM THICKNESS.”
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But Rens does not give up and travels on with his skates in the back seat. We’ll release his trail when he crosses the county line. Not much later he proudly sends a photo of himself skating on the ice of the Plusmeer. In two days we will meet him again at the Ankeveense Plassen, because it is not for nothing that ‘every day that you cannot skate is a day that is lost’ is the motto of Rens Muller from Naarden.