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,...
2015 waterway cruise update – improvements and planning Shangri La wintered in Zwartsluis From nothing happening to a sudden flurry of activity! Time for an update on what is happening ahead of our 2015 cruise. At least the plan hasn’t changed...
European inland waterway cruising – planning for 2015 Shangri-La in 2013 We have been thinking about what to do and where to go this year in general terms for a while, but the time has come for some serious planning. The original intention had always been to...
Shangri La in the shed As I mentioned in the last post I returned to Zwartsluis for about 10 days, and with some help from the guys at de Kranerweerd, did a whole lot of overdue repairs and maintenance. I managed to get a lot done but it was not a very comfortable few...
End of the 2014 cruising season and wintering Shangri La Shangri La 2104 routes Were we finally back in Zwartsluis after a wonderful 2014 cruising season. Shangri La had performed excellently and we had had almost no problems at all. The weather had turned and it was...
We will be starting a one week trip on a narrowboat on the Monmouth and Brecon Canal in Wales next Friday 15th October 2010. In the meantime, here is a picture from our trip last year on the Canal du Midi in France, as we manoeuvred up a set of staircase locks. This...
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.