2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Antwerp Antwerp – Town Hall At the end of the last post we’d just crossed the border into Belgium at the Port of Antwerp. My first impressions of Belgium were somewhat marred by continuing communication...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Dordrecht to Belgian border Wet weather gear leaving Dordrecht Dordrecht was the last large town in the Netherlands till we crossed into Belgium at Antwerp. Our route to Belgium was back onto the Oude Maas,...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Utrecht to Dordrecht via Schoonhoven Dordrecht – Netherlands We left Utrecht on the Friday. According to the weather forecasts this was to be the last of a week of rainy days, with occasional showers. To...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Amsterdam to Utrecht Last view of Amsterdam Leaving Sixhaven just after 09.30, we returned to the River Ij, and headed to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. This canal is a busy commercial route, and not that popular...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Alkmaar to Amsterdam Alkmaarder Meer We made a reasonably early start from Alkmaar, for the usual reason – to make sure we found a berth in Amsterdam. The route was along the Noord Hollansche Kanaal,...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.