Shangri La moored in Groningen at the Oosterhaven This part of the trip would be the first real test of Shangri La. We wanted to go to Groningen primarily to visit the IKEA shop. It took 3 days with the 2 overnight stops in open berths or moorings with no facilities....
Exodus from Zwolle The trip back from Zwolle to Zwartsluis was pretty uneventful, except for the fact we left on a Sunday, and the bridge operator must have overslept, as us, and the 16 or so other boats trying to leave Zwolle had to hang about for nearly half an hour...
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.