Made by the sea, that’s me! In my youth I spent a lot of time at the shoreline in Zeeland where I grew up. Looking for shells, fossilised shark teeth, a plunge, or staring to the horizon. Some years after finishing my studies in Environmental Ecology, and Photography, I moved to Friesland where I sailed the Wadden Sea and started with my lifeboat rowing career at Okke Hel in Harlingen. I’m familiar with sea and mudflats, working as a nature guide and trainer at the Waddenvereniging (Waddensea association).

I also love long distance walks and to explore the mountains worldwide, but mostly the Alps and Scotland. On snowshoes, skis, crossing a glacier or go Munro-bagging. Preferably in winter conditions with a wildcamp, the rougher the better! Of course with a dram of whisky to mark just another Munro on my list. 142 down, 140 to go!
I live and work in Harlingen, a nice town on the shores of the Wadden Sea in the North of the Netherlands. So yes, the sea has never been far away.