Monthly Archives: August 2003

This weekend had been a UK bank holiday, Les and Jill had organised a Sunday BBQ with friends who wanted to get together before we left. I had been feeling a little under the weather, as the saying goes, since Friday evening, but enjoyed the afternoon and evening immensely. However early Monday morning, I had … Continue reading »

Last day on the boat today. We left Oudewater around 9.30 and had to go around Gouda as there were some works going on in the locks and we eventually made it back to the Nieuwkoop locks  and to home harbour around 2.30 p.m. A most enjoyable trip and it may be some time before … Continue reading »

A very short cruise today, we were way ahead of schedule, so after only two hours we moored up again, this time in Oudewater a traditional village of canals and water side houses. We all walked into town and sat atop a canal bridge to sample the beers from a local terrace restaurant. This village … Continue reading »

We came back out through the lock this morning and continued down the Vecht canal until we reached the old town of Utrecht. Not for nothing do some people refer to Utrecht as the Venice of the north. The canal runs right through the middle of the told town, many bars and restaurants have been … Continue reading »

Today we cruised the Vecht canal, in the direction of Utrecht. We stopped briefly in the village of Loenen for some shopping and then went through the locks to the lake at Loosdrecht, were we found a nice peaceful grass bank mooring for the night. Just the place for a few quiet beers and a … Continue reading »

Today we set off on the boat trip that we had been hoping for. We are so very lucky that Co and Henny still have this boat and enjoy using it as much as we always did, during our days in Holland.  We had jointly planned a circular route which would take us north to … Continue reading »

When Joan and I lived in Holland, we watched our friend’s son and daughter grow up, eventually get married and have children of their own and a total of 4 godchildren for us. One of these, Kitty’s oldest son called Jordy, had  together with 270 other village kids, from the age of 6 to 12, … Continue reading »

Today we got the 9 a.m. ferry across the channel and drove up to our friends in Holland. Wow was it hot! It had been 14 months since we last saw Co & Henny, so this is really catch up time on all the news from Holland. It was such a beautiful evening, that we … Continue reading »

Dennis & Linda had followed us back down from Lincoln on Friday and they had organised a sort of reunion lunch with some old friends from our Dover days. We all met up at the Botolph’s Bridge Inn for Sunday lunch, 10 of us in total and as always a great deal of fun and … Continue reading »

Back to New Romney last night and today we had organised a day trip to Calais. Whilst we had been living in Cyprus, we had kept up the English Lottery, with Les & Jill. As we had won the magnificent sum of