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The way of the Windmills - Part I

Writer's picture: Yana IvanovaYana Ivanova

Hello travelers! And finally, here is the article for our new adventure: "The way of the windmills".


Living on the border, literally and more precisely on the German-Dutch border one of the things that made the biggest impression on me were the windmills. I can't deny that it is these structures, along with the lighthouses, that impress me immensely. My imagination begins to work, and my childlike curiosity is awakened. I ask myself questions like: But how does this thing work? What's inside? What is it for? Why is it round? How many people work inside? Are there people there? and more and more questions that I had to find an answer to. One sunny afternoon, returning from the store, I looked at another mill and said to Rusi: "Stop the car! I'm going to take a closer look.'' Looking at her, we heard a man's voice muttering something in Dutch. I replied that I did not understand. Then he asked us in English:


- Do you like it?


- Yes! - I replied.


- Want to see how it works?


Then I looked at the man in amazement and thought how a 100 year old mill would work.



Excitement welled up inside me and the answer without hesitation was: YESAAAH!


It turned out to be the miller, or more specifically, the municipality of this small village paying a man to maintain the mill and keep it running, as they used to do way back in time. Then I found out a little more about how the mills worked, but that only heightened my curiosity. That day I first realized that her entire dome rotates 360 degrees in order for the wind turbine or its blades to adjust to meet the wind. It was a WOW effect for me. This rotation is accomplished by means of a pulley at the opposite end of the turbine. "The reel should be where the grass does not move" - ​​they explained to me. Spin speed is also of huge importance. If it is low, there will be no production, or flour, and if it is too high, due to the friction of the elements, the wooden shaft can catch fire and the mill will burn to the ground, and this has happened. If the miller suddenly stops the turbine, its blades can fall apart and fly in all directions. Well, it's not easy, but that's not all. The work of the millers continues inside, where the seed was delivered to the parterre, and I hasten to clarify here that the parterre is the mound you see. It looks as if the mill stands on a hill, and that hill is its logistics part.




After that visit, my imagination went into overdrive and the thirst for new adventures only increased. And so began my fascination with windmills, and I have yet to reveal what else I learned.

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