2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen Busy harbour – Compagniehaven in Enkhuizen In the last post, we had arrived in Enkhuizen after a slightly bumpy crossing of the Ijsselmeer. Enkhuizen is situated on the western side of the...
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 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 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...
Netherlands Inland Waterways – Uithoorn to Alphen a/d Rijn Locking down at Tolhuissluizen Monday 23rd June As our friends would be leaving the next day, we had hoped to get to Gouda today. The plan was to continue down the Amstel River till Tolhuissluize,...
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.