Netherlands Inland Waterway cruising – start of second trip Sunset in Lelystad Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th September. This is the start of our second circular trip in Netherlands. Its a good thing I like to plan ahead , as I originally wanted to do a rather...
Boats waiting at Friesesluis To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here The weather was still not particularly great. Frequent heavy rain showers, and gusty winds. Karen had been hoping to go out onto the...
On the Eemskanaal To go to Part 1 click here The main reason for calling in at Groningen was to pop into IKEA and buy equipment for Shangri La. IKEA was about 15 mins walk from where we were berthed. 4 trips later, and several Euro lighter, we had bought most of...
Camping on Shangri La 2 The last few days have been a roller coaster of emotions! We have owned Shangri La 2 for a full year, and yet have not actually done any cruising on her. If you have followed the blog to any degree, you will know that terrible weather, ie...
Relaxing on the back deck Well, we never got to Shangri La this May as planned. Much too much to do regarding our new house back in Cape Town. So here I am back at sea, working. But not all doom and gloom. Great progress with the UK registry, and other certificate 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.