Dike views 5

The crop is wheat.
In 1953 with the great flood disaster, we were confronted with the usefulness of the sleeper dykes. In the areas where these had been excavated, the disaster was much more serious.

[Corinne C]

Human ingenuity at work. Beautiful site.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a wonderful view across the field of wheat , stretching out to the dyke and row of trees . with the blue sunny sky above !

[Kathy]

Beautiful and beneficial, too.

[Debra]

Beautiful view and capture

[bkb in the city]

Very nice shot

[Babs]

Looks like a good crop of wheat

[KWind]

Looks like a beautiful day!

[Diana]

A bumper crop for sure, so interesting learning all about the dykes.

[Dione Giorgio]

A sad story. After all the work that goes into working these expansive fields and in a second you have lost everything. A beautiful scene you have captured though and a great lesson.

[Pyrrhula]

@sangwann, We rebuild it, better and saver. And prepare for the worse weather conditions. Learn the lesson the hard way.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful.

[Jacqueline]

Mooi met het korenveld ervoor!

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot! Good to read that the old dykes are kept as a second line of defence, making things even safer. Fav!

Ian

[Krista Marson]

looks so peaceful

[Heather]

A lovely shot of the wheat field and the blue sky! Fav (And thank you for explaining about the dykes :) Fav

[Esther Rosenberg]

Thank goodness for the dikes. In the summer 1980 the water of the Maas ( Niftrik) came so high that our caravans were under water. We watched everything from the top of the dike and luckily the dikes kept the water to one side and saved the town. The dutch are (one of) the best.