Ian – Page 3 – EurMacs

— By IanJune 23, 2017

The long way around: 17/09 – 20/09

Bruges – Diksmuide – Veurne – Fintele Change of Plans Andy lifted the pedestrian bridge and gave us the all clear to pull out into the main canal, we checked the AIS and saw that a commercial was heading up towards us in the same…

— By IanMay 30, 2017

Big Day Out: 25/08

Ronquières to Thieu Up Again In keeping with our theme this year of retracing some of our routes, we were up early (six o’clock and still dark) so we could catch the first lift back up the inclined plane. Lisette once again made the call…

Barging

— By IanOctober 27, 2014

Venice of the North and Amsterdam

Bit of a catch up We’ve been back a few weeks, but there are a couple of events we wanted to describe, perhaps more for our own record – but you get them too! Really Narrow Canals Following the grounding hiccup, we took the remainder…

Barging

— By IanSeptember 21, 2014

Elburg – and the Sailing Ships

We never know what we will find at each new place. We have some books and maps. We use the Dutch Barge Association’s website to check postings made by other travellers regarding moorings and facilities. We use Google Earth. But until we arrive, we don’t…