Netherlands waterway trip – Rotterdam to Delft On the River Maas We finally managed to tear ourselves away from Rotterdam and head to Delft. We got going a bit later than usual, about 09.40, but this was not really a problem as we only had about 16 kms to...
Old time sail trainer on the Ketelmeer To see part 8 click here To go to part 1 of the trip click here The next stage took us from Urk, out onto the Ijsselmeer for a short while, under Ketelbrug and into the Ketelmeer, along Keteldiep and the Ijssel River...
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...
Rietdiep – Netherlands To read Part 2 click here or to go to the beginning of the trip click here As mentioned in the previous post, we had decided to take the scenic route, via Rietdiep towards Dokkum, rather than the more commercial Prinses...
Sunset in the North Sea Back in the North Sea again, but working rather than messing about in boats. All part of the plan though. As someone once remarked, a boat is just a hole in the water into which you throw money! So this needs to be done. Even though we are a...
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.