Year: 2018

Wednesday, 2nd July 2018 and after a quick vet visit to get the dogs checked and their passports certified for the return home in a

On nearing Namur, we spotted “Maria of Zaandam” on the AIS and phoned Tim and Jo to see if there was likely to be space

After Strepy the scenery was quite mixed with long stretches of wide open yet bland spaces.  As we passed through Charleroi, the old industrial heartland,

Waking up this morning we were soon heading upstream towards the Strepy-Thieu lift …… and what an incredible sight that is. “The structure consists of

Everything seemed to be going so well.  We headed off for Bossuit and our deepest lock to date with a 9M drop.  We were told

Tuesday morning – We had a nice relaxing start to our day with a 9:30 departure from Deinze, and thirty minutes down-river we turned left

Leaving Gent, our intended destination was to Namur with a view to leaving the boat there whilst we return to the UK for a brief

  The rally this year was a great success with 20 ships and 74 attendees – including us!  It was brilliant to catch up with

Saying our goodbyes to Bruges, we set off for Ghent – although we had made our travel plans, we wondered if we would be able

We decided to leave Milly and Casper on the barge whilst we had a last day exploring Brugge for a while as it would make