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...
2015 European waterway cruise – Netherlands – Amsterdam to Utrecht Last view of Amsterdam Leaving Sixhaven just after 09.30, we returned to the River Ij, and headed to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. This canal is a busy commercial route, and not that popular...
Netherlands waterway cruise – on to Vianen Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal At the end of the last post, we had left Utrecht. I omitted to mention then that we had to lock down through Noordesluis to enter the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. The Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal is very wide,...
Netherlands Waterway cruise – Utrecht Shangri La in Utrecht Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th August 2014 The trip from Breukelen had been quite short, so we were tied up in Utrecht by just after 1 pm. Like most of the public moorings in the big towns or cities the...
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...
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.