Solida – our Pedro Solano 33 At long last we arrived in Urk to collect our boat for 2 weeks cruising in Holland. The Dutch are friendly and laid back – Truida, the lady at the charter base volunteered the use of her car so we could go up to the supermarket...
Stockholm – island ferries There are a lot of islands in Sweden! In fact Stockholm is situated partly on the mainland and partly on a number of islands. And, some of the waterways around these islands are fresh water, and some are salt water, or the sea. In the...
Last view of Bergen This was our last view of Bergen! Idylic – flat seas and yachts dotted on the horison. That was a few days ago. Now we are in the middle of the North sea and have had 2 days of pretty horrendous weather – calming down now though. Lone...
Cruise Liner Mein Shiff 2 in Bergen Any Ship Spotters out there might be interested. These Cruise Liners all seen in Bergen over the last couple of days – Mein Shiff 2, Celebrity Constellation, Costa Pacifica and Costa Luminosa (both in on the same day) and the...
Bergen Norway We arrived in Bergen this morning. Our vessel is doing some routine maintenance here. It was rather bleak and damp despite being nearly the middle of summer. Apparently this is quite normal. Seems like Bergen is similar to Aberdeen in Scotland –...
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.