SHENSI

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,

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