Shangri La moored in Groningen at the Oosterhaven This part of the trip would be the first real test of Shangri La. We wanted to go to Groningen primarily to visit the IKEA shop. It took 3 days with the 2 overnight stops in open berths or moorings with no facilities....
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...
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.