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,...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen to Alkmaar Leaving Enkhuizen We left Einkhuizen on the Monday. The weather was much better and we had a good trip round to Medemblik on the Ijsselmeer. Excellent sailing weather so there were loads of...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen Busy harbour – Compagniehaven in Enkhuizen In the last post, we had arrived in Enkhuizen after a slightly bumpy crossing of the Ijsselmeer. Enkhuizen is situated on the western side of the...
2015 European Waterway Cruise – The plan comes together. Flags flying – raring to go I love it when a plan comes together! Our travel from UK to Zwartsluis went exactly to plan and we arrived back on board Shangri-La at midday on Thursday 16th July. There...
2015 European Waterway cruise – planning update Shangri La at mooring in Zwartsluis again Time flies! Just over a month to go and we should be starting the southbound trip to St-Jean-de-Losne. When I left Zwartsluis a while ago, Shangri-La was back in the water,...
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.