Belgium – Page 9

— By Helm and CrewJune 23, 2016

Plans in Jelly 2016

Duck Drought Last night we had our daughter Kathryn and husband Marcus up for dinner for their turn to sample the delights of duck confit. Regrettably, that has left us devoid of cans of confit. Two others had already perished, the first to our twin…

— By Helm and CrewJune 6, 2016

Den Bosch: 23/9

Back with our best barging Buddies We have been in frequent contact with our barging mentors and friends, Rebecca and Michel, aboard ‘t Majeur, throughout our cruise. We had taken our first barge cruise with them and they were instrumental in us buying Catharina. Whenever…

— By Helm and CrewJune 4, 2016

Heading Home: 18 – 22/9

Back Towards Home Well, it was now time to start for home – which we did by going backwards. Our view of liquids on a barge during an unattended winter is: empty of water and full of fuel. We had been progressively depleting the former…

— By Helm and CrewMay 29, 2016

Entering the War Zone: 13/9-17/09

Plans Timing was looking OK, we needed to leave Veurne early on the 22nd to catch our plane late on the 23rd in Amsterdam – breaking the journey to have an overnight visit with some friends on the way. As it was now the 13th…