Category: Belgium

Geraardsbergen to Ath The best laid plans…. Having spent the past three nights in Geraardsbergen snug between two small lifting bridges we arranged for the one in front to be opened for us at 9.00 am so we could enter the lock which was just…

Dendermonde to Geraardsbergen To Aalst Jeannie and Jonathan arrived at Dendermonde as planned, got all settled on board and temporarily added the Canadian flag to our mast. We set off soon after for a short cruise to Aalst, the next town along the river Dender,…

The Days Ahead Our cruise plan was to avoid Brugge and Ghent at the start of this year’s cruise and get to the start of the river Dender as quickly as possible. We plan to go back through both Brugge and Ghent towards the end…

Back on Board We arrived back in Veurne, after an uneventful, but long journey back from Melbourne. About 26 hours flight time and a couple of hours in the train from Brussels. It had simply poured down when we left her last September and dragged…