Our Travels
After spending another night at the Noordergathaven, we left and returned to our previous Marrakrite mooring (LM24 on the Dokkumerdiep) but not before we’d made
King’s Day (for us) turned out to be a big surprise. Obviously we were aware that celebrations would be taking place throughout the Netherlands for
Leaving nice and early on the 19th, we continued on our way to Dokkum in reasonable weather, mooring up a few hundred metres before the
The start of our TENTH cruising season on Shensi (who’d have believed it!), and we woke to a lovely clear morning. Perfect. After the usual
Waterways Travelled Mooring places/towns:- Reitdiephaven, Groningen, Gardwerd, Zourkamp, Noordwillemsvaart, Paterswolde meer, Marsdijk, Assen, Dieverbrug, Meppel (stayed at both Buitenhaven and Binnenhaven), Giethorn, Zwartsluis, Ketelhaven, Drenten,
Spending an extra day (1st October) in Paradise (well, at Paradijsluis, which sounds close enough) gave us more time to take things slowly and relax,
Despite a windy and rainy evening, we all managed a good night’s sleep, and woke refreshed and ready to celebrate Jane and Bob’s 53rd wedding
1st September saw us moving on from Zwolle towards Rogat, a small town in the Drenthe province with a nice little quay for visitors. That
Our first night’s stay on this island was peaceful despite a fair amount of movement on the water, and we woke to a cooler day
On 2nd August Nicki and I caught the train to the airport … at least, I travelled with her to Sloterdike station, and she caught