by Patrick | Aug 4, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen to Alkmaar Leaving Enkhuizen We left Einkhuizen on the Monday. The weather was much better and we had a good trip round to Medemblik on the Ijsselmeer. Excellent sailing weather so there were loads of...
by Patrick | Jul 27, 2015 | Adventures, Netherlands |
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Enkhuizen Busy harbour – Compagniehaven in Enkhuizen In the last post, we had arrived in Enkhuizen after a slightly bumpy crossing of the Ijsselmeer. Enkhuizen is situated on the western side of the...
by Patrick | Jul 20, 2015 | Adventures, Information, Netherlands, Other |
2015 European Waterway Cruise – The plan comes together. Flags flying – raring to go I love it when a plan comes together! Our travel from UK to Zwartsluis went exactly to plan and we arrived back on board Shangri-La at midday on Thursday 16th July. There...
by Patrick | Oct 13, 2014 | Netherlands, Other |
Netherlands Inland Waterway cruising – start of second trip Sunset in Lelystad Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th September. This is the start of our second circular trip in Netherlands. Its a good thing I like to plan ahead , as I originally wanted to do a rather...
by Patrick | Sep 29, 2014 | Netherlands, Other |
End of the Netherlands cruise – Edam to Zwartsluis via Lelystad Sunset at Lelystad – Flevoland Saturday 12th July The plan was to head straight out across the Markermeer to Lelystad, where Elred and Maureen would leave us. Got going a bit late, about 10.00...
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.
