Sunday, 28 July 2013

Interesting Netherlands print...

I have been a tad  quiet these last few days due to coming down with another  bladder infection but thankfully the antibiotics have begun to work and I feel a little better.I found this print online and thought I would share it with you.It is of a Netherlands cyclist in training and I imagine (with no knowledge of Dutch it has to be said)that he is going to pole vault a canal with his cycle on his back.Here is the picture ,what do you think?
I think it would be a great idea for FLW scenarios with a rule which would give a % chance of failing to jump correctly.Splendid modelling opportunity too...

3 comments:

  1. LMAO...A game in it's own right! To be serious, when you consider the geography of the Netherlands it must have been an issue that cycling soldiers came across a lot. I must admit, I don't like the sound of trying to vault a canal with a bike on my back though!

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  2. IIRC Hereward the Wake had something similar in the fens, and I'm sure I've seen a clip on telly recently. Perhaps it's one of those local 'traditional sports' like dwile flunking, welly wanging, or the northern 'ecky thump? I must do some research.

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  3. More - a quick search shows this - youtube.com/watch?v=QWvKbZjWTU - Also - www.pbholland.com/paginas/info/leaflet_u5_2 - known as fierljeppen in Holland. British record is 14.2 metres.

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