by Patrick | Aug 24, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
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...
by Patrick | Aug 17, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
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...
by Patrick | Aug 10, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
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,...
by Patrick | Aug 4, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
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...
by Patrick | Jul 27, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
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...
by Patrick | Jul 20, 2015 | Adventures, Information, Netherlands, Other |
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...
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.
