Leaving Haarlem Thursday 10th July. As per the forecast, the weather was perfect for a change.. Sunny and hot, with no wind. The route to Amsterdam was first through 4 more Haarlem bridges, north along the River Spaarne, through the lock in Spaarndam and then along...
Kaageplaasen – lakes Saturday 5th July We left Leiden about 10.15 am having visited the harbour-master and got our key deposit back. Rain was expected that day, and it started to rain, as usual, just as we left the mooring. The route to Haarlem was across an...
Next cruise – round trip of North and South Holland in Netherlands Guide and charts We will have about a month between my offshore working trips, and the plan is to do a large, sort of winding, loop through the province of Holland in the Netherlands. People tend...
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.