Netherlands inland waterway trip – Making speed on the Geldersche Ijssel Geldesche Ijssel 17th September 2014 Another beautiful sunny day! We planned to get to Giesbeek which only was about 18 kms away, and most of the way would be downstream. At last!. We had a...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Battling up the River Waal and Arnhem Channel buoy on the Waal River 15th and 16th September 2014. Before leaving Nijmegen, we popped up to the Monday market for some fresh veggies. Then got going just after 10.00 hours. And...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Nijmegen Nijmegen – Netherlands 13th and 14th September 2014 After our shopping expedition at Jumbo supermarket we headed for Nijmegen. Back up the maas for a short distance, along the Maas-Waalkanaal(which as it’s...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – River Maas to Cuijk and Kraaienbergseplassen Little town of Cuijk on the River Maas 11th to 13th September 2014 Thursday we had a long motoring day planned as we wanted to get as far as Cuijk – 58 kms downstream, only 4...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Venlo Modern art piece in Venlo – Netherlands Wednesday 10th September 2014 ` Venlo turned out to be an unplanned stop. We left the Zuidplas and headed down the Maas, passed Roermond and to Sluis Roermond. Surprise....
Netherlands Inland Waterway trip – Roermond and the Lakes Roermond 7th to 9th September 2014 The last few days had been quite hectic from a boating point of view. Time to slow down and relax a little. Roermond, our next stop was only a short distance away, and...
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.