View from the bottom of the Caen Hill Flight! The title of this post is probably a bit incorrect, as we had already past the actual town of Devizes, but the Foxhangers moorings at the bottom of the Caen Hill Flight is still technically in Devizes. The team My friends...
Netherlands waterway trip – Rotterdam to Delft On the River Maas We finally managed to tear ourselves away from Rotterdam and head to Delft. We got going a bit later than usual, about 09.40, but this was not really a problem as we only had about 16 kms to...
Waterway cruising. Back aboard in Zwarsluis Sunrise in the North Sea Crew change day dawned with the North Sea flatter then I have ever seen it. The proverbial mill pond came instantly to mind. And a glorious sunrise with it. Sunsets seem to get photographed more...
Cruising the Netherland Inland Waterways Waiting at the Blokzijl lock Got going just before 1300 – or so we thought! After hours of work, new ignition switch and all sorts of other bits – turned the key and – nothing. Back to the ‘hot...
Netherlands waterway cruising On the Steenwijkerdiep On Sundays the bridges and locks here only operate from 9 am, so we had a slightly later start, and got going about 0945. We planned to go the slightly longer way round to Zwartsluis, via Blokzijl, still a fairly...
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.