Loonse en Drunense Duinen

On the weekend we realised that the sun was shining - a rare occurrence - and we felt like walking and exploring so we decided to go the the Loonse en Drunense Duinen.  It is a nature reserve between Tilburg and Waalwijk and consists mostly of shifting sand dunes.  A lot of trees had been recently chopped down there as too many had been planted and it was preventing the natural shifting of the sands.  What trees there are, are interesting shapes and great for kids to climb on and many many big branches suitable for fort building.  We walked and looked for toadstools and interesting woody bits and had a nice lunch at the restaurant there, De Roestelberg.  Hundreds of people were out walking there with their dogs, but because the area is so large there really is space to have a walk on your own so to speak.  The topic of getting a dog came up again...clearly we have been in the Netherlands too long.  Never thought I would want to join the dog poop parade.  Here are some pics.