2015 European waterway cruise – Canal de la Meuse – Part 1 France – Canal de la Meuse We were now in rural France proper! The canal and locks were much narrower, with no commercial traffic. The scenery was brilliant but we started the serious climb...
2015 European waterway cruise – Finally into France On the River Meuse The trip from Dinant to Givet was only 23 kms with 4 lock, with a total rise of 10.2 metres. The first three, Anseremme, Waulsort and Hastiere were in Belgium while the last, Les Quatre...
Lovely peaceful canal By now we had a good idea how the Belgian locks and bridges worked. After consulting the maps and guides we came to the conclusion there was nowhere particularly exciting to stop at until Liege, some 130 kilometres away. And we reckoned we could...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Antwerp towards Liege via Turnhout Leaving Willemdok via Londonbrug On Thursday morning I arranged with the havenmeester for the opening of Londonbrug and Siberiabrug. Probably not necessary as a whole heap of...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Ghent Inner canals of Ghent The town of Ghent is well worth a visit. As it was way off our planned route through Belgium, we made a day trip there by train. Buildings of Ghent Time was limited so we did the tourist...
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.