Newbury Bridge We are so lucky my trusty friends and crew Wyn and Donna were willing and able to help me with the last stage of the trip down to Devizes. And of course, I am so disappointed Karen wasn’t able to be part of it. I did manage to keep her updated with pics...
Lovely peaceful canal By now we had a good idea how the Belgian locks and bridges worked. After consulting the maps and guides we came to the conclusion there was nowhere particularly exciting to stop at until Liege, some 130 kilometres away. And we reckoned we could...
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...
Netherlands inland waterway cruise – Delft to Leiden Rijn-Schiekanaal – new bridge being built Thursday 3rd July We left Delft at our usual sort of time, about 09.40. The weather was perfect, sunny and hot with no wind. The route to Leiden was along the...
Netherlands Inland Waterway Cruise – Zwartsluis to Hardewijk Berthed in Hardewijk Thursday 19th June. First proper day of the trip. Said cheerio to Wim at Kranerweerd and told him we would be back on 14th July. Left our berth at 0905. Weather not looking too bad...
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.