{"id":364,"date":"2011-10-25T18:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-12-12T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:14:34","slug":"bad-weather-good-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/bad-weather-good-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad weather? 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Good times continue though!<\/p>\n<p>We had the good fortune to have a great Dutch couple, Valentijn and Annemarie, park up next to us last night and come over &#8216;to ours&#8217; for a spaghetti bolognaise Ju made. These guys were good company, both young entrepreneurs with a zeal for life. The fact Valentijn worked his freelance landscaping job in -10 weather last winter says it all. Annemarie&#8217;s pie van photos and the way she spoke about her fledgling business portrayed a Dragon&#8217;s Den winner&#8217;s attitude. Go for it guys, we wish you all the best.<\/p>\n<p>We briefly met up again this morning for breakfast which resulted in me scoring most of a full packet of anijsblokjes. It&#8217;s aniseed flavoured sugar. I&#8217;m yet to try it; I&#8217;m in trouble if I like it, doubt you can buy it outside the Netherlands?<\/p>\n<p>As I type we&#8217;re sat in the van just outside St Denis-d&#8217;Olerons on the Ile D&#8217;oleron. 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