Author: Ian

I'm a retired scientist - better at technology than French and diesel engines but love the cruising lifestyle on Catharina Elisabeth with Lisette. One of the great attractions is having summer in Australia followed by summer in Europe.
—  By Ian

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…
—  By Ian

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…
—  By Ian

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…
—  By Ian

Tourism (and less scary stuff)

Edam and Volendam We could see from the map that the town of Edam was not far from Purmerend, and with fine weather continuing, decided we could treat ourselves to a day off. Navigating by water was not possible for Neo Vita, so we took…