Category: Shensi travels

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

Mooring points:- Zaandam is a town on the river Zaan, well-known for the quirky (mostly green) housing at its centre, as well as the historic

Month 4 of our cruising season and so far we’ve travelled in cold, rainy, windy days at the start, to now being in the middle

Our second day in Leidschendam was even more relaxed, with a walk over to a large dog park for Nicki and the doggos, and more

We spent three pleasant nights along the stretch of moorings on the Aarkanaal at Alphen aan den Rijn, but eventually we headed back along the

Once in Breukelen (interesting fact – New York’s ‘Brooklyn’ area was named by Dutch settlers who arrived from Breukelen) we took a little time out

May started off nice and sunny, and still happy in our prime position in Weesp harbour, we decided to stay a few more days in