Netherlands waterway cruise – On to Utrecht via the Vecht Windmills on the Vecht The trouble with doing circular routes from the same same starting point is you get to go to the same places a few times. To get to the Vecht, we had no option but to go through...
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...
Wonderful present from our guests I absolutely love being aboard Shangri La and playing boats. This all actually takes up a lot of time, so I don’t get time to write the blogs. Which is why I’ve spent the last few weeks in Cape Town writing the weekly...
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.