Netherlands waterway cruise – Weesp to Uithoorn Leaving Weesp Sunday 22nd June The weather was lovely again. Left the mooring just after 09.00, and through 2 bridges – Zwaantjiesbrug and Roskaan Brug. Both these operated by the same bridge-keeper, and a...
Netherlands Waterway Cruise – Naarden to Weesp Shangri La in Weesp – Netherlands Our trip this month has a number of ‘firsts’. It is the first time we have friends staying on board for a few days and travelling with us. In all, three couples...
Netherlands Inland Waterway Cruise – Zwartsluis to Hardewijk Berthed in Hardewijk Thursday 19th June. First proper day of the trip. Said cheerio to Wim at Kranerweerd and told him we would be back on 14th July. Left our berth at 0905. Weather not looking too bad...
Waterway cruising. Back aboard in Zwarsluis Sunrise in the North Sea Crew change day dawned with the North Sea flatter then I have ever seen it. The proverbial mill pond came instantly to mind. And a glorious sunrise with it. Sunsets seem to get photographed more...
Next cruise – round trip of North and South Holland in Netherlands Guide and charts We will have about a month between my offshore working trips, and the plan is to do a large, sort of winding, loop through the province of Holland in the Netherlands. People tend...
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.