Holland waterway cruise – Bridges and Locks

Holland waterway cruise – Bridges and Locks

Mastenbroekerbrug Holland is a boating paradise – criss-crossed with a huge network of rivers and waterways. But a lot of bridges. Very many are big, high bridges which can be passed under without a problem, but very many are small lift bridges. (BB or...
Finally a Dutch Steel Motor cruiser!

Finally a Dutch Steel Motor cruiser!

Solida – our Pedro Solano 33 At long last we arrived in Urk to collect our boat for 2 weeks cruising in Holland. The Dutch are friendly and laid back – Truida, the lady at the charter base volunteered the use of her car so we could go up to the supermarket...
Scandanavian interlude

Scandanavian interlude

Stockholm – island ferries There are a lot of islands in Sweden! In fact Stockholm is situated partly on the mainland and partly on a number of islands. And, some of the waterways around these islands are fresh water, and some are salt water, or the sea. In the...
Boats and bridges

Boats and bridges

Narrowboat “Sextant” By now I am sure you know how we feel about France, so you can probably see where this urge to buy a boat springs from. There are more than 6000 kilometres of canals or rivers in France, and that doesnt include the Brittany area. What...

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