Lost among the old ships of Rotterdam.
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- The last post. This is the River Moervaart back to...
- Daylight again thank God and on familiar waterways...
- This is no ordinary sunset shot. This is Snail get...
- Daylight dawns at Boom and the tugboat owner can h...
- This rather large tug moors up behind us. Its been...
- We really have to start making tracks for Lokeren....
- We love this canal! The towns along its banks have...
- 500+ steps later and we've reached the top. Appare...
- Here's just some of the bells. The smaller ones. T...
- We're back in the land of belfries. Mechelen's is ...
- Back along the Leuven Canal to Mechelen. We moor a...
- At the head of navigation is the university town o...
- After Lier it was on to the Leuven Canal, one of t...
- After looking at Antwerp we were intending to carr...
- The 'tide line' on Antwerp's castle is the origina...
- We have the usual scary time in the Port of Antwer...
- The strangely named Kreekkrak sluice on the Belgia...
- Haven't posted one for a while and this is the las...
- We escape the clutches of the Biesbosch and stop a...
- This is the Dutch equivalent of the RNLI, unfortun...
- But then, if that enormous tripboat can get throug...
- Nowadays the Biesbosch is mainly used by pleasure ...
- The Biesbosch was formed in the 15th century when ...
- We headed off the commercial waterways for the Bie...
- Just a reminder of how big the 'big stuff' can be....
- Dordrecht was another lovely old town. We were sho...
- Dordrecht from their church tower. The big waterwa...
- Dordrecht was our next stop. We blithely Snailed i...
- Leaving Rotterdam, these little loves really stirr...
- The new and the old. One old harbour and windmill ...
- We leave Gouda and catch up with friends in Rotter...
- Well, it is Gouda.
- This is the old tollhouse at a now disused lock in...
- Gouda, in common with other Dutch towns, adorns it...
- Gouda was as famous for its clay pipemaking as its...
- More stonework but brightly painted and well resto...
- Amused by this little fellow. Many of Holland's o...
- Too narrow by far for Snail but these medieval can...
- Gouda's flamboyant gothic stadthuis is one of many...
- If anyone can tell us the story behind this amazin...
- There are as many lift bridges as windmills on the...
- Icing on your windmill sir? Wrapped for Xmas, this...
- More leaning buildings at Oudewater.Famous for its...
- Some of the canals in Utrecht were too small and w...
- Utrecht's abbey church sprouted fun and fanciful g...
- And this is what the lockkeeper was worrried about...
- Reminiscent of English canals, the waterways throu...
- The Vecht ends in the ancient town of Utrecht. Thi...
- The work of a Dutch spider reminding us it's autum...
- That can't be a narrowboat surely? A 'widebeam' b...
- Daylight returns and we are not so alone as we tho...
- Sunset alert!!Free 'moorings' on the Vecht consist...
- The River Vecht was of strategic importance to Nap...
- Even Woody looks bored with windmills. The River V...
- The delightfully named town of Weesp, just out of ...
- A green waterway in the city. Amsterdam was full o...
- Amsterdam has many small canals around and through...
- Here we are in the centre of Amsterdam for the pri...
- Convergence of the old and the new again.The blue ...
- More terrifying scenes, this time in Amsterdam. Pa...
- Passed this terrifying lifeboat training school on...
- Another lovely sunset, this time on Aarlesmeer
- Invited for a sail on the Aarlesmeer in our friend...
- Another of those wide, open waterways. This is Aar...
- Pisa has nothing on Holland. Houses lean all over ...
- Once you've found your island, it's a blissful moo...
- There are many wide open waterways with islands do...
- They take their environmental responsibilities ser...
- Party time! The millers have a messaging system us...
- Okay, the bike's probably fallen over with boredom...
- Windmill alert!!This one at Leidschen-dam is a bit...
- Wouldn't do to sleepwalk out of a Delft canalside ...
- Antique tiles filled this little shop from floor t...
- From Schiedam we followed the canal to Delft. It's...
- Yes I know it's more windmills. Good view of Schie...
- Mmm. The aroma from this little factory in Schieda...
- It will be 2,001 windmills when this one is finis...
- Schiedam boasts the tallest windmills in Holland. ...
- Despite Schiedam trying to show us it's unsavoury ...
- See the orange sign, centre of picture? Hope it wi...
- Time for another windmill. This one a short trip f...
- The Rotterdam watertaxis are fun to be on, scary t...
- Rotterdam has busy waterways graced with beautiful...
- Lost among the old ships of Rotterdam.
- Rotterdam is an intriguing mix of old and new. The...
- This is the 'Spider', a gloriously restored Humber...
- The Rotterdam fest was a colourful and noisy affai...
- Despite the gales, we got to Rotterdam in time for...
- Tested the skipper's skills getting us in here off...
- Sometimes the days are long and hard.
- Gorinchem also has the inevitable windmill and His...
- Many towns still have the remnants of their 17th c...
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