by Patrick | Nov 16, 2015 | Adventures, Belgium, France |
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Namur to Dinant Dinant – Belgium – on the River Meuse We set out quite early on the Saturday morning for the trip to Dinant. The scenery was definitely becoming more mountainous, and although it was...
by Patrick | Jun 5, 2015 | Adventures, Information, Netherlands |
2015 European Waterway cruise – planning update Shangri La at mooring in Zwartsluis again Time flies! Just over a month to go and we should be starting the southbound trip to St-Jean-de-Losne. When I left Zwartsluis a while ago, Shangri-La was back in the water,...
by Patrick | Apr 26, 2015 | Adventures, Information, Netherlands, Other |
2015 waterway cruise update – improvements and planning Shangri La wintered in Zwartsluis From nothing happening to a sudden flurry of activity! Time for an update on what is happening ahead of our 2015 cruise. At least the plan hasn’t changed...
by Patrick | Mar 14, 2015 | Adventures, Information, Netherlands, Other |
European inland waterway cruising – planning for 2015 Shangri-La in 2013 We have been thinking about what to do and where to go this year in general terms for a while, but the time has come for some serious planning. The original intention had always been to...
by Patrick | Jul 1, 2012 | France, Other |
Rochers du Saussois The next three days we motored on along the Canal du Nivernaise, locking up, travelling south towards Decize. Not that we would get that far – we would stop at Clemecy. We went through 21 locks and overnighted at Accolay, Rochers du Saussois...
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.
