From Rotterdam we are travelling north through the inland canals towards Amsterdam. The trip to Gouda is quite short – after passing through a couple of locks and bridges we tie up in the yacht club marina by lunchtime and…
Category: Netherlands 2022
Towns and Cities
After the peace and quiet of the Grevlingenmeer, we headed north, through the busier waterways of the Rhine and Maas (or Meuse) delta. First there were some major dams and bridges to get through – including the scary ones where…
Meer-ly in Zeeland
For the last week we have been pottering around in the glorious inland waterways of the southern Netherlands. These enclosed waterways were created by the huge Delta Project, established after the terrible floods of 1953, which hit Holland as badly…
Netherlands Cruise 2022
We’ve left the country! For the first time since 2019 we are cruising abroad, and we’re now in the Dutch inland waterways. There were several challenges getting here – in particular navigating all the windfarms that seem to spring up…