Category: Barging

Map Sorry about the long gap between blogs. This next series covers our travels with our second set of guests, so this map covers what will probably be covered over a succession of blogs. Accommodation One of our main requirements for our barge was that it…

Route Peat Bogs The plan was to go south from Leeuwarden into the district of lakes that is in the southern part of Friesland. You can cruise here in every direction, just for an hour or so, and come to a new place to moor.…

Mooring The next blog is a bit about where we stay, so we might begin with a bit about mooring. For this blog, ‘mooring’ the noun. Later perhaps ‘mooring’ in the sense of a verb. At this early stage, we’d probably recognise four classes of moorings. Marinas,…

Sunshine and Rain We arrived in Groningen two weeks ago, to several days of brilliant sunshine, over 35ºC temperatures, and much to finish organising. Too busy to write. We left Groningen to start cruising about a week ago, nice weather, lots to see and do,…