Our Travels
Despite the many and various restrictions imposed on travel due to the Coronavirus, we managed to travel to at least 49 locations in Belgium and
6th October – On arrival I walked over to the harbour masters office to check in (we had been thinking that we’d only stay in
4th October – Departing Spakenburg at 9.30am we were on our way further along the Ijsselmeer to spend a night in Zeewolde – a huge
Weesp is one of our favourite places in the Netherlands, and we were especially pleased this time to be able to moor right in the
Leaving the island of De Schelp, with Bob doing most of the steering, Jane joining in briefly, Andy took over for the final approach into
28th September – Casper had been unwell whilst in Maarssen, but fortunately he seemed to be improving this morning and he was much more perky,
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