The province, drained by the Zaan, Amstel, and Vecht rivers, is mainly low fenland, with dunes, and sea and river clays. |
The branches in his young orchard have caught the wind that races across the open fenland, creating a strange vibrato. |
A palette of claret and fenland greens sets the tone for a simple and nostalgic sartorial switchover. |
A specialist told me once in Ealing that no inn could compare with the Griffin, a fenland inn. |
The good Ivo was overseas, busy on the Brittany marches, and there was no ruler in fenland. |
A fenland man who was on duty there doing nothing said, I could pass when the bridge was shut again. |