Wacky lifting bridge Kalessin in Leeuwarden Cows and horses on the Lauwersmeer Fish smoking sheds at Zoutkamp Serious ...
For the first time in what feels like weeks I'm posting from a computer, which makes it nice and fast to type. I have a deal with Vodafo...
Well, this is unexpected. It's been a long, hot day in which we covered 26 miles, a lock and dozens of bridges. We were halfway around G...
It seems churlish to complain, but currently the temperature in the cabin is 31 deg C. Two days ago it was 17. A middle ground would be nice...
I am here to report that we have made it to Leeuwarden, via the shallowest water we have ever been in with our mast up. When we got to Grou ...
Late addition to my earlier post. It seems that the ANWB standing mast route atlas, which we had thought of as the bible of cross-Friesland ...
Despite what I said yesterday, tonight we are on municipal moorings in Sneek, although on the edge of town with an excellent view of a car p...
There's a tradition in the Netherlands of mooring up in the middle of town. This can be a very pleasant option, or it can mean rafting u...
So here we are in Enkhuizen and it's raining. In fact at the moment it's bucketing down, and also chilly and rather dark. The wind h...
Just a quick test to post by email from the iPhone. Not sure if I like all this wind. We plan to set off on the 23rd when the Dutch coast ...
It's strange to be back in the UK when in our heads we are still away sailing. The strangest thing is when one of us says "Where...
So here we are in Kalessin 's final destination for the time being, Enkhuizen. We could have rushed home today, or tomorrow. But it s...
I spent the afternoon of my birthday (Tuesday) trying to work out the best option for where to leave the boat for three weeks while we retur...