Our Travels
We began July still in Meppen, with another two nights to go at our current location at the Ems-Brucke, followed by another move on 3rd
The previous evening whilst moored up in front of Lock 4, another boater called round to ask what was happening. He said that they would
After spending a lot longer in the Groningen area, we finally managed to move away and set off on 1st June in the direction of
On the evening of Saturday (16th) Nicki, Amy and Tom drove up to stay with Lucy, in readiness to watch her run her first official
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,