Netherlands Waterway cruise – Veghel to Maasbracht via Nederweerd Signpost on the Zuidwillemsvaart Kanaal 5th and 6th September 2014 These 2 days are actually a bit of a blur. I probably need to explain a bit here – while we are actually travelling on the...
Netherlands waterway cruise – s Hertogenbosch to Veghel First of many bridges Thursday 4th September 2014 The next few days would take us generally in a South East direction, along the Zuidwillemsvaart Kanaal to Maasbracht, a distance of just over 80 km. This...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Gorinchem to s’Hertogenbosch Heading up the Waal River Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd September 2014 Monday was a lovely day – fine and clear and warm with very little wind – ideal for boating. On the down side,...
Netherlands Inland waterway trip – Vianen to Gorinchem Windmill along the Merwede Kanaal Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August 2014 Another rainy day! Our water was getting low and we wanted to take advantage of the un-metered water. We moved Shangri La to the...
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...
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.