SHENSI

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

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