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...
Netherlands waterway cruise – Weesp to Uithoorn Leaving Weesp Sunday 22nd June The weather was lovely again. Left the mooring just after 09.00, and through 2 bridges – Zwaantjiesbrug and Roskaan Brug. Both these operated by the same bridge-keeper, and a...
Netherlands Waterway Cruise – Naarden to Weesp Shangri La in Weesp – Netherlands Our trip this month has a number of ‘firsts’. It is the first time we have friends staying on board for a few days and travelling with us. In all, three couples...
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.