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Year: 2018

October 30, 2018January 20, 2019 Andrew

Return to Bruges

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  From the Roeselare canal we headed up the Leie river and turned off for Deinze.  A place we have visited a few times and

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October 23, 2018January 20, 2019 Andrew

Kortrijk

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21/09/18 –  After a pleasant trip down through its locks, we arrived in Kortrijk and found a mooring fairly easily just a 10 minute walk

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September 28, 2018January 20, 2019 Andrew

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After a couple of days of rain we woke up to clear blue skies, no rain and plenty of sunshine.  Another ideal for travelling, and

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September 22, 2018January 20, 2019 Andrew

Along the Haut-Escaut

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19th September – An early start for me, with a shortish dog walk, before Nicki rose at 8.30, and we were easily away by 9am. 

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September 19, 2018November 18, 2018 Andrew

Dender and Blaton-Ath canals

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Sunday evening we readied the boat to set off, filled up with water and we were off again Monday morning but not before having managed

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September 15, 2018November 18, 2018 Andrew

From Ghent, back to Bruges (August into September)

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After a few days in Ghent with Lucy (at the end of which she presented me with an early birthday present from all children of

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August 27, 2018November 18, 2018 Andrew

Leuven to Ghent

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    Now on the last stretch towards Leuven, we found that the locks are a bit of an odd shape with a double recess, which

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August 14, 2018November 18, 2018 Andrew

Mechelen

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We set off from Turnhout after a night of heavy thunderstorms and the weather now turning cooler but with some strong winds.  Quite a few

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August 7, 2018November 16, 2018 Andrew

Leopoldsburg to Turnhout, and others in between

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We left Liege heading the long way round towards Leuven where we are scheduled to meet up with Lucy on 21st August.  Whilst our journey took

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July 28, 2018November 16, 2018 Andrew

Cruising the Meuse – Waulsort to Liege

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During the early part of July we had returned to the UK for a bit (primarily for Alec’s graduation) and Amy and Sam came back

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