Netherlands inland waterway trip – Full circle – back to Zwartsluis Passing Deventer on the Geldersche Ijssel 22nd and 23rd September 2014 We had two possibilities for our last overnight stop – Deventer or Hattem. We decided to head for Hattem for 2...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Fog on the Ijssel Fog on the Geldersche Ijssel 20th and 21st September 2014 The last few days had been wonderfully hot and sunny, but on the trip down to Zutphen (pronounced Zutfer) the weather started to change rather rapidly....
Netherlands inland waterway trip – On down the Geldersche Ijssel and Doesburg Shangri La moored in Doesburg 18th and 19th September 2014 A late start on Thursday as we only had about 12 kms to go to the next town of Doesburg. We did a last load of washing at the...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – Nijmegen Nijmegen – Netherlands 13th and 14th September 2014 After our shopping expedition at Jumbo supermarket we headed for Nijmegen. Back up the maas for a short distance, along the Maas-Waalkanaal(which as it’s...
Netherlands inland waterway trip – River Maas to Cuijk and Kraaienbergseplassen Little town of Cuijk on the River Maas 11th to 13th September 2014 Thursday we had a long motoring day planned as we wanted to get as far as Cuijk – 58 kms downstream, only 4...
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.