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last month x2

Finished being a landscaper! the yard is finished. well atleast for me. they only need to do some touch ups but the guys had to move on to another job (tight schedule..) they will return next week for a day or 2 but im done over here. Below a pic of three weeks ago. I have some new ones but no time to get them on the computer yet. no time really to be posting this message either but what the hey. (the pool looks way better now;))
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Goals for the next month is finding another job, a cool van, start taking driving lessons (comes in handy when i want to use my oh so cool van!;)) And becomming 22 but remaining 21. Im also going to create “transports of delight”. its going to be a large banner with inspiration for our trip. When the banner is full of pictures and other things possible i hope we can make a decision of whether its going to be a roadtrip or backpacking & also where all this will take place! I’ve already found some pics but they’re not on the banner yet. As soon as i’ve made a start ill update the page!

Lets get started!
Bartorious

Different Times, different looks

A new look to my oh so cool blog! From now on I’ll be uploading new work, some activities & future plans. I’m not going to say I’m going to post a news item every week…. But only if there’s something nice to share. So far Neil and I decided to go traveling somewhere in the end of the year and probably decide the last day where we are going to. We would love to get suggestions from you so let us know!

work?
Ah, I made an alright CV. I’ll update this post tomorrow with some pics. for now it’s sleepy time.

//update!
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nite nite, bonne nuit, trust

The End?

After many days of thinking what to write for my dear readers of the sometimes weekly, now monthly news posts, I’ve finally come up with some points.

First of all I’d like to inform you all that I’m sitting in the sun writing this on a peace of paper without a shirt on! Yes dear readers, the sun is that nice. Not to make you entirely jealous, I won’t walk around like this cause the wind is still pretty cold. No picture tho cause that would make you entirely jealous ( ha-ha )

Saumur is coming up and for the ones who don’t know, It’s an international vaulting competition. I’ve been asked by the Belgian team to help them out with their compulsories since one of them is injured. Well.. asked.. It sort of happened automatically. Rob and I have been training for a while now but last week i was getting nervous already. It’s weird cause I’ve never been like this before a competition. The reason is I know I can improve so much on some exorcises in a short period of time. I know cause I’ve been better and this period I’ve been abroad I’ve worked a lot on my physical skills. Ah well.. 1,5 week to go.

Which reminds me, after Saumur I’m planning on going home again. I’m in need for money ever-since there is another great trip ahead. So “The End?” NO! I’m also a bit done living with just a few pounds and euro’s. I do want to continuous vaulting when i come back, so if anyone in the vaulting world is reading this… I’m also looking for a well paid job. (attention! well paid is underlined)

Some business talk: Robs website is going great. It’s really looking good and working nice. I’ve finished the logo for theDutchdesigner.com and the website itself is starting to shape up as well.
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Any good?

Clouds are forming, the sun is away, my t-shirt is back on, so a good time to stop writing. Might be the last greetings from France…

Ps. It will be nice seeing everyone again.

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Feels like I’ve been home for one second and in France for a week..
Holland was short but it feels good doing my thing again.

So I’m in France now! Deauville to be precise.
On the map. And some info.

Welcome to Deauville:

I arrived yesterday around 12 at night so this is my first day.. this morning we went to the market, bought food for this night and then went for a drink at a cafe. back to the haras (stoeterij) and did some work in the yard:

Now im sitting in the living room at robs house and having a small drink. Next weeks update I’ll give you a tour through the place where im staying and yes.. I’ts improved A LOT! Not to mention that i was very grateful with my place in Scotland! I hope they know. A big thanks again. They’ve been a great start of a hopefully wonderful journey in life.
Au revoir! et bonne nuit

busy busy..

een Dinsdag update…. I’ve been busy quite a lot last weeks. i’ve now been working with Phil for a couple of weeks and i will continuous working until next weeks friday/saturday! then from 13 till 20 December i will take a holiday (haha just started working and then already going for a holiday…). No the reason i’m taking a holiday is because it will be my last week here in Scotland this year and Dieter, former trainer and now friend of mine is coming over for a week! i’m exited because i’m finally going to see something Scotland is know about! think about loch ness, william wallace, highlands, etc. the main idea is to travel a couple of days through Scotland. we’ll see what happens exactly.

i drove a car here! haha. let it stand still in the middle of the road but on a second try it went pretty good and the girls where speaking alright about me as a driver. (yes, there’s a voice in the back of my head who says ‘bart.., thats women speaking positive, not men’.

anyway.., more news and stories soon.

cheers buddies!

Bart the builder


Working last week as a landscaper was quiet fun! i needed to get out of the office cause i was getting bored and fed up sitting behind a desk all day & too long! even though i have plenty to do. Tomorrow and wednesday ill still be helping but on thursday and friday i’ll be in the office again finishing & continuing projects. i should work once or twice a week for phil to get out more and then the rest of the week in the office! great idea, ill ask haha!

first day! picking up stones (chips they call them here i believe).
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and then this is what we made
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ben ik de enige die nog noooit van boom chirurgen (tree surgeons) gehoord heeft?
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then after a day of hard work phil and i went to some random shop to get some cookies. and look what i found (again, since they had them in norway this summer too.) i bought it even though it was 7 degrees outside or so :p. its a bit of a family thing. they’ll understand.
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and i tought myself on saturday how to drive a mini dumper & mini digger :D . ah…. i forgot to mention. the first day me and lachy (je zegt lacky) went out in the field and i had to drive a quad bike. it was very cool cause it was a big field and there where no animal obstacles ;) .
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waiting for raab who is sitting in the mini digger. when the mini dumper got full i had to drive around the house and ‘dump’ the dirt in the trash. very fun & new experience.

saturday i worked till 1 and had vaulting after. vaulting wasnt too bad. i feel like i need more horse training. training in the gym is going really well though. feeling myself improve. now i need to use it on the horse and just keep training.

saturday night we had a real fun night out. when i go out i like to enjoy the good music. it hasnt been that great the last times we where out. i had a lot of fun but i just missed the good music. this weekend is was alot better and i enjoyed myself so much more. so we have to remember that place.. haha.

sleepy time for bartcardi
hope everyone is ok.:)

groetekes

2 month anniversary!

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a toast! the 7th of august i left my country proud and stout! 2 months later im still alive and ready for some more!

this month will end the 2 months of not earning any money. tomorrow i will help phil out on a job. i have no idea what i will have to do but it involves some muscle power which is good! he will probably need my help a couple of days (lets hope so!) and then i’m hoping to finish a website which will provide me of some more money! thumbs up for me cause i’m already spending it in my mind haha.

last week one german left and another one arrived! wenn dein deutsch gut ist kannst du alischa’s blog auch reden! niet dat mijn duits zo goed is hoor :p. i had to google it up a little bit.

i believe this was on thursday. i found some sparklers (sterretjes :D !) and if you put your shutter speed really slow on a professional camera you get something like this. je weet wel de klik die je hoort als je een foto maakt? als je je camera lang open laat staan dan krijg je dit. dus vanaf het moment dat je klikt op de knop van de camera en dan een seconde of 8 later laat sluiten: _MG_1620_MG_1625_MG_1623_MG_1624_MG_1621_MG_1626

we need some more practice but its a nice first try!

friday the water pressure was decreasing… phil went to have a look if there was something wrong with the water pipes. what seemed to be was that another landscaping company tried to build a pond and hit the main water pipe of this area.. (easiest way to build a pond obviously) so the next day we where out of water. and no its not that nice not having a shower after vaulting.. during the day it was ok. but around 10 at night the horses missed there water as wel. so we where running around with buckets of water, giving the horses there daily needs. then at 11 or so, a big truck with a tank of water (16000 liter) filled up every tank. then on sunday i had a nice warm shower again! the end. haha. too bad though because we wanted to have a fun night out on saturday which now we didnt. we did watch a movie instead and it was alright.

training vanavond maar niet zo’n zin.
in verband met spierpijn van gister,
geen goed begin.
rijmen vanavond een nieuw gewin.
daar maar mee trainen,
voor dat toekomstig lekkerding.

proost

Time flies..

Last week was a good week. I trained every night except for yesterday. I had a sort of a relaxing day. 6 days training, relax, and continuous;). but thats going to be a bit different this week. One reason cause rob & suikerbuikje are going to visit scotland! We will be going to Glasgow tomorrow for a couple of drinks and probably going to see some of the town. Going back to last weeks weekend. It was good! last saturday i finally had a sort of real night out again. Was really good. hope i can do that again soon. (probably tomorrow haha) nahh tomorrow will be different but good fun.

promised to show you some of my work. my website isnt finished yet though so you’ll have to wait for that one:

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is het wat? ;)

the website he has got now (http://gslandscapes.com) is going to be deleted by me !haha. im working on a new website for him too. (stap voor stap he..)

to my moedah; no 8 pack (yet)
en peet: “of is het daar ook een questie van MacDonalds??” naja peet wat is dat nou…. :P . eet heel goed hoor! heb jos een leuke kado’tje gestuurd. is helemaal goed gegaan zo!

tot snel trouwe volgers! haha

haalloooooooooooo!

laten we beginnen met een mooi plaatje!
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those mountains are my every day view:)! they can look boring too so dont be that jealous.. hha.

Poster for Phil is almost done.. going good! :) im glad he’s happy with it too. if its finished ill put it online. my website is almost done as well so you guys can almost start advertising for me :p.

This weekend were the Scottish champs. it was boring at times but it was fun to see some of the vaulters i know. also got a call that day from ricky (some of you know who) and we will meet somewhere next week. will be good:). some photo’s of this day:

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Monday updates

So…. every monday you can count on an update. If something really good/fun/or whatever has happened i will post that on an occasional other day as well.

Last week wasn’t to big of a deal. i’ve done some graphic design for promoting the riding lessons and vaulting in here. I’m not completely happy with the outcome but the poster/flyer had to be done quick so i think if i would have had some more time it would have been better. (the image is in very low quality..! so the printed one will be better of course!)

Other things i’ve done are creating a new image for myself. I’ve bought the domain name; thedutchdesigner.com. I’m currently still working on the design, but its getting better every day. Today I’ll hopefully finish the logo and design of the website so i can put it online soon. When it’s online I’ll let you know! And if anyone knows… hoe gaat dat in nederland als je buitenlandse klanten hebt met de belasting enzo?! haha. dus als iemand het weet…;)

- mount into handstand
- daily barrel training
I’m deleting the lower abs and arm muscles because I’m doing them plenty! the barrel isn’t really great to vault on so i need a solution for that & not much horse training over here sooo……

I’m going to continious again.. So monday will probably the first new post;)

ta-ta