Here are a few more pics of funny and/or interesting boats we have seen on our boating travels on the inland waterways through Netherlands, Belgium and France. Antwerp – Willemdok Havenmeester This was a one off – in Antwerp the Harbour Master, complete...
So here we are, well into May. Normally by now I would have done masses of route planning and have our 3 months cruising all set, as well as wintering possibilities for the end of the year. But Shangri La has a new owner and we are boatless! I am a mixture of...
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,...
Shangri-La in Sneek To go to the previous Part 5 click here or to go back to the biginning of the trip click here I have finally got round to writing about this part of the trip. My blog content tends to be very much about the truly boating aspects of...
Slauerhoffbrug in Friesland – Netherlands To go to previous part click here or to go back to the beginning of the trip click here This leg of the trip took 2 days, with another of our favourite stops in the wild, on the Pikmeer. A total of 42...
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.