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26th September – Leaving Leerdam in colder weather, we headed back along the Linge (a canalised river) onto the Merwedekanaal, arriving in Meerkerk a little

24th September – Arriving in Leerdam we moored along the public quay, which is a great height for us to get on and off the

23rd September – Instead of heading back up the Zuid-Willemsvaartkanaal, we decided to go via Sluis 0 passing through Den Bosch, so had to wait

(Den Bosch is a contraction of the Dutch “des Hertogen bosch” (aka ‘s-Hertogenbosch) which means “the Duke’s forest”) To continue our trip – despite the

16th September – Lindenberghaven is just near the Waal bridge in Nijmegen and is home to several historic ships, with ‘hippy type’ bars and eateries

15th September – A very early start (for us) today at Heel, up at 6.30 with engine running by 7.20 to get back out and

Got off just after 9 today on a nice warm, clear day, heading out of t’Bassin through sluice 20 onto the Maas, a wide old

Arrival day, 10th – At last we had arrived in Maastricht, hoping to pick up a free mooring in the centre of the waterways, but

Woke up ready and raring for today’s trip, with the option of a ‘fast’ route of about 4 hours on the Albertkanaal or a ‘tourist’

9 September – We anticipated that this would be a long day’s traveling, but I don’t think we were expecting it to be quite so