Netherlands waterway cruise – on to Vianen Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal At the end of the last post, we had left Utrecht. I omitted to mention then that we had to lock down through Noordesluis to enter the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. The Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal is very wide,...
Netherlands Waterway cruise – Utrecht Shangri La in Utrecht Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th August 2014 The trip from Breukelen had been quite short, so we were tied up in Utrecht by just after 1 pm. Like most of the public moorings in the big towns or cities the...
Netherlands waterway cruise – On to Utrecht via the Vecht Windmills on the Vecht The trouble with doing circular routes from the same same starting point is you get to go to the same places a few times. To get to the Vecht, we had no option but to go through...
Netherlands Inland Waterway cruising – start of second trip Sunset in Lelystad Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th September. This is the start of our second circular trip in Netherlands. Its a good thing I like to plan ahead , as I originally wanted to do a rather...
End of the Netherlands cruise – Edam to Zwartsluis via Lelystad Sunset at Lelystad – Flevoland Saturday 12th July The plan was to head straight out across the Markermeer to Lelystad, where Elred and Maureen would leave us. Got going a bit late, about 10.00...
Netherlands Waterway cruise – Amsterdam to Edam – inland route Route – Amsterdam to Edam Friday 11th July We had to choose – Either through Oranjesluis and out into the Markermeer and round to Edam which would entail a longish open 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.