Netherlands inland waterway cruise To go to part 9 click here To go to beginning click here Route Kampen to Zwartsluis – Netherlands The last part of the trip completed a full circle, taking us through Ganzesluis into Ganzediep, along the Goot with...
Old time sail trainer on the Ketelmeer To see part 8 click here To go to part 1 of the trip click here The next stage took us from Urk, out onto the Ijsselmeer for a short while, under Ketelbrug and into the Ketelmeer, along Keteldiep and the Ijssel River...
Boats waiting at Friesesluis To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here The weather was still not particularly great. Frequent heavy rain showers, and gusty winds. Karen had been hoping to go out onto the...
Busy canal in Sneek To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here After 5 days in Sneek, we were glad to get moving again. When we first arrived in Sneek, we grabbed the first mooring available, which was to the...
Shangri-La in Sneek To go to the previous Part 5 click here or to go back to the biginning of the trip click here I have finally got round to writing about this part of the trip. My blog content tends to be very much about the truly boating aspects of...
Slauerhoffbrug in Friesland – Netherlands To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here This leg of the trip took 2 days, with another of our favourite stops in the wild, on the Pikmeer. A total of 42...
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.