Big brother is watching you

StreetView Past readers may recall that early on, when we were first looking at Neo Vita, we found that she could be seen at her mooring in Medemblik in the Netherlands using StreetView. By the time it came for us to ‘find’ her for the…

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…

Cruising to the end at Groningen

Giethoorn to Groningen The map shows this stage, and indeed, the entire cruising track for this short season. To Assen After a very pleasant, if short stay at Giethoorn, it was now time to head directly for Groningen and our winter mooring. Planning indicated we…

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…