Port des Yachts – Liege At the end of my last post, we arrived quite late, around 17.15 hrs, at Port des Yachts in Liege with the rain bucketing down. The marina, which sounded quite good from the guides, was not particularly welcoming. Not many passing...
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 – Netherlands – Utrecht to Dordrecht via Schoonhoven Dordrecht – Netherlands We left Utrecht on the Friday. According to the weather forecasts this was to be the last of a week of rainy days, with occasional showers. To...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Amsterdam to Utrecht Last view of Amsterdam Leaving Sixhaven just after 09.30, we returned to the River Ij, and headed to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. This canal is a busy commercial route, and not that popular...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Alkmaar to Amsterdam Alkmaarder Meer We made a reasonably early start from Alkmaar, for the usual reason – to make sure we found a berth in Amsterdam. The route was along the Noord Hollansche Kanaal,...
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.