since last wek i have been able again to make pictures from the rhine and the waal. last weekend we spent in berg and dal, near nijmegen and photographed from berg and dal to rees and from emmerich to the waalbridge near nijmegen and the next day from the bridge to dodenwaard. the wheather was gorgeous: sharp autumn light, quite often hardly any clouds. because it was rather early even there were not many others on the road. making pictures was very statisfying and relaxing.
today i drove from brakel to zaltbommel along the same river. unfortunately i had to stop due to suddendly heavy rains. i tried later to continue but had to return to rotterdam. the traffic jams i met and saw on the way back were huge. making pictures from 12.00 to 16.00 seems the maximum you can do these autumn days before the traffic jams get problematic.
roughly i photographed now from hoek of holland to rotterdam and from rotterdam to düsseldorf. some areas along this road i could not do because of bad wheather or bad maps. my collection of maps is growing rapidly thanks to stanley and livingstone in the hague. most of the german part of the riverproject is covered by 1:50.000 maps, austria and hungary by 1:300.000. the 1:50.000 maps are meant for biking and are great as you can clearly see where you can go by car and where you have to walk.
i like to drive as much as possible. i do not want to walk to much. it takes too long and i do not like walking very much any anymore. hopefully tomorrow i can photograph from the southern bank of the waal between zaltbommel and nijmegen. on this moment the wheather is ok. some sun would be great. i photographed in tghe rain in germany and had to be very careful with the camera to prevent any drops on the lens, in particular those drops that left traces on the pictures.
when everything goes well tomorrow, the whole area between hoek of holland and the german-dutch border has been photographed. later thiis week to koblenz for the same reason. so far we habe nee bale this year to photograph the german coast between poland and kiel, a large part of the dutch coast and from the belgian-french border to le havre. after those coastlines and rovers are done things get more complicated as distances grow larger. from here to northern germany for example, the area between the netherland and bremen is some hours by car. from here to the german-polish border is already a long day.