And some more bridges on the Netherlands waterways that we encountered on our cruising – Flood Barrier Well I suppose technically this is not a bridge – but a pretty imposing structure – the flood barrier on the Hollandse Ijssel, near Rotterdam....
Even though we no longer have Shangri La, I still love looking back at the photos and reminiscing! We think those few years were the best of our lives. I was reminded of the huge number of bridges on the Netherlands Waterways – which of course is not surprising given...
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...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Utrecht to Dordrecht via Schoonhoven Dordrecht – Netherlands We left Utrecht on the Friday. According to the weather forecasts this was to be the last of a week of rainy days, with occasional showers. To...
End of the 2014 cruising season and wintering Shangri La Shangri La 2104 routes Were we finally back in Zwartsluis after a wonderful 2014 cruising season. Shangri La had performed excellently and we had had almost no problems at all. The weather had turned and it was...
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.