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- It's been an unexpected end to our original pl...
- The next day the wind had dropped enough fo...
- We reached Electra earlier than expecte...
- Trees on the Van Starkenborg Canal against a s...
- Our third crew member, or firs...
- Have I done a white one yet?
- Meppel turns out to be as interesting as...
- We make for the old town of Meppel which many ...
- We begin to realise just how popular orna...
- Happy bridgekeepers, pleased to see us. G...
- Occasionally we come across a very new lift br...
- Woody is not usually too impressed with city m...
- Back through Groningen city again with i...
- Sadly not opening in a store near us soon - ye...
- As well as farming, there's also serious...
- Thankfully we made it and headed inland again....
- Introductions and arrangements made, off we...
- We were very close in boating terms to the fis...
- Another popular pastime here is 'wadlopen',...
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- Opposite our mooring is a Seal Hospital....
- It's a credit to Skipper's skills that we only...
- We nearly miss the turn off under the br...
- This is the approach to Winsum, an interesti...
- Ever onwards and more reminders of how things ...
- There's another moated manor house in Uithuize...
- And on to the head of navigation at Uithuizen....
- Through Bedum with its only claim to fame, its...
- Past rows of houseboats on...
- We pass briefly through the university city...
- Out of the windmill window we could see ano...
- And here he is. Note the klompen (clogs), comm...
- Just glorious!
- For a change, an inside shot of a windmill. We...
- I struggled with this one until a passerby poi...
- H&S would love this floating scaffolding but i...
- Inland again at Appingedam, another ver...
- And this the beautiful 18th century lo...
- These are the lock gates at Termunterzijl that...
- Haven't posted one for a while so here's two b...
- Walked to the yachthaven at Schmeeda where ...
- Here's another typically Dutch scene. The hous...
- Not for the squeamish. This controller of verm...
- Thankfully the Dutch have always valued their ...
- As you can see.
- Dotted along the towpath were reminders of how...
- Also typical for the area an
- The area is noted for its moated manor houses....
- Sharing a lock with Willum who was making his ...
- We walked from the canal the 3km to the old...
- On payment of a deposit, you are given a key f...
- It is with great relief that we moor up on the...
- By mid September we are back at the borde...
- With the Mitteland behind us, here on the Dort...
- This is the large and mainly ultra modern t...
- It was a good year for wild hops th...
- You can buy a pre-loaded key on the Mitteland ...
- And on the Mitteland again where we are overta...
- Back we go again across the aqueduct over the ...
- We do our Good Samaritan bit and tow this yach...
- Outskirts of Brandenburg and everything ...
- There are some wide expanses of water on the w...
- Responsible parenthood - much safer. Temujin h...
- This is the second pylon we'd seen adorned in ...
- The nearest we got to Berlin was Spandau. We w...
- And this. Could make for an interesting insura...
- Not quite only cruisers, this is another versi...
- This lockful was a common if uninteresting sig...
- Much of the surroundings along the waterways w...
- In all our travels that summer, this was the o...
- Snail at anchor.
- However we feel, the peacefulness to be foun...
- The lakes do not disappoint and as usual...
- Very disappointed but not totally cowed, we ar...
- No sooner had we tied up for the evening wh...
- We had been be-friended by a lovely German ...
- There was also a disturbing exhibition of wood...
- From one of Tangermunde's towers there wer...
- I think you can see from the colour of the ...
- There are still reminders of the east's Commun...
- The only place to moor at Tangermunde is in...
- We soon lost sight of the cruisers as we enjoy...
- Our troubles began early on in the trip on the...
- It was around this time that we split from T...
- This vast aqueduct is an amazing feat of ...
- This is the end of the Mitteland at the Rothen...
- The wonderful summer weather of 2013 continues...
- And Goslar, another beautifully preserved m...
- This area also boasts the largest wooden churc...
- We are taken out for the day to the Harz Moun...
- The three locks on the Mitteland are enormo...
- This speeding pair on the Mitteland caused som...
- Now back on the Mitteland and the continued 35...
- Err, what are you looking at??
- The Weser can be shallow and a tad narrow. The...
- Returning on the Weser and we put in a very lo...
- It was a beautiful river leading at the ...
- This is a typical sloping sided lock on the d...
- On the Weser we had a small contre-temps wit...
- Our circuitous route took us over the aqueduct...
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