Diary
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Welcome Apple Watch Series 11
As I decided my 8 year old Apple Watch had to go also I had to decide what to replace it with. For a long time I had been thinking about switching to a Garmin ForeRunner but after watching some reviews on DC RainMaker I went for the newest Apple Watch Series 11 instead. This…
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Arboretum Wespelaar on Easter 2026
On Easter we got together again with the family for a lunch at home. In the morning we visited the Arboretum Wespelaar to look at their blossoming Magnolias. After the visit we went home to search for chocolate Easter eggs in the garden, some drinks and then a late lunch. We had sole filet prepared…
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Goodbye Apple Watch Series 4: Why I Made the Switch
This week I finally said goodbye to my Apple Watch Series 4. I had it for more than 7 and a half years but now it was time to make a switch. The watch was running on an old OS and missing many of the newer sports activity features. It also has a limited 16Gb…
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Spijkerbos – Kwaremont rondtocht vanuit Zulzeke
Last weekend we had some time on our hands on Saturday and we needed to be in Ronse early on Sunday for a hockey game so we decided to turn the match day into a weekend trip and we went on Saturday for a walk nearby in Zulzeke. The walk was 16k but because we…
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Compact and Versatile: The Leatherman Skeletool Rx in Action
A little while ago I was looking for a pocket knife for emergencies to cut material and break glass, like for example when you would to cut your safety belt and break the window of your car when trapped inside for some reason. I came across the Leatherman Skeletool Rx which was made for that…
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Mini Bell Peppers and Cherry Tomatoes in the Auk Mini
End of last year I planted some mini bell peppers together with chilli peppers and cherry tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes appeared first with 2 bell peppers appearing next. While I have been harvesting cherry tomatoes now for a while I am still waiting to taste the bell peppers. They appeared relatively fast but grew slowly…
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Tribute to Talk Talk Concert
This week we went to a Talk Talk tribute concert called ‘In the SPIRIT of TALK TALK‘ by a few Belgian musicians in 30cc in Leuven. Stefanie Callebaut, Lennert Coorevits, Ruben Block, Isolde Lasoen, Ewen Vernal, Geoffrey Burton, Joachim Badenhorst and David Poltrock played the iconic Talk Talk album Spirit of Eden, followed by a number of the greatest Talk Talk…
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A House of Dynamite
Watched this movie on Netflix after having read about it in the paper. In the movie a single unattributed nuclear missile is launched at the US. The whole movie tells the story what happens in the 20 minutes between launch detection and impact. It is a good thriller for the first 40 minutes at least.…
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The Auk adventure continues
A few weeks ago the first cherry tomatoes started to appear. Now there are more and bigger ones on the plant but all are still very green. Also, my other 2 plants are starting to bear fruit although it is too early to tell with certainty which one is the pepper plant and which one…
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Breakpoint Foodstation Antwerp
A while ago we were at hockey club Olympia and went for lunch at Brasserie Woods. I wrote another post about that. This was an excellent choice but we also had to grab something to bring along for one of the hockey players and decided to stop on the walk back from Brasserie Woods to…
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