SHENSI

Moorings and fees: Travelling through Germany, the amount spent on mooring fees was actually very low. We entered this country on 15th June, exiting on

After dropping the girls at Lisbon airport, Nicki and I carried on with our drive to the apartment in La Foux, and were making reasonable

This year we chose to winter Shensi in the town of Veendam, in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. At its

Having spent two nights (16/17) in the small Rogat harbour, it was only as we left that we spotted at its entrance a sculpture titled

After a restful night, we decided to spend a second night in Hattem jachthaven. Nicki and I (plus Casper and Pip, of course) took a

Apparently the waterways authorities came round to check on us again on the 16th whilst we were out, so the following day (17th) the police

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 why we were moored there, and what was

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

Now on Saturday (16th), Nicki, Amy and Tom drove up in the evening to stay with Lucy, in readiness to watch her run her first