We're home and have almost finished cleaning the boat ready for the next trip! We had a great time and here are a few notes and observations: Holland Holland is great and we'll definitely return as we've only explored a tiny part of it! It's a bit of a pain getting there, but it's a … Continue reading In Conclusion

There are no deer or antelope here in Eastbourne, just lots of people watching television. Must be a royal wedding or a cricket match or something ... At last we're home and have survived the Horrors Of The Deep!! When I asked Dover Port Control for permission to leave the harbour they said 'glad you … Continue reading Home, Home on the Range

Calais... 5 am... Not the best start to any day but we're homeward bound and should be in Eastbourne by tonight 👍 As we were circling waiting for Calais port control to give us permission to leave, a German couple in a varnished strip laid yacht motored over and asked if they could follow us … Continue reading Home And Dry… Not Quite

Nieuwpoort to Calais. No problem! Another early start but not so severe as yesterday. In fact Lynn was up early and took these pictures No topiary pictures thank goodness! And so we set off. Fair tide, little wind and glassy sea. There are a couple of dog legs between the various sandbanks between Nieuwpoort and … Continue reading It was all going so well!

In fact nothing to laugh at at all ! This is what breakfast looks like at 6am It might look the same as any other breakfast to you, but over the past few weeks I've gone soft! Apart from a few instances of barely suppressed panic trying to moor against lock walls, it's all been … Continue reading There were no Wrecks and Nobody Drownded

A huge lock just for us, as Virginia might have said when she exited Vlissingen! Though I wonder if she had to wait as long for the gates as we did? That's an enormous amount of water to move just to drop a 27 foot boat by 4 feet! But why are we at Vlissingen? … Continue reading A Lock of One’s Own

As we'd held on to the keys to the bikes we took them shopping this morning. What a difference it makes not having to lug everything for miles. Bikes really are great. So long as it's flat of course! Shopping stowed we set off for Veere. Following wind. Fair tide to Zandkreeksluis, and then no … Continue reading It’s those damned Bells Again!

No not that one... something far more terrifying ! The heads have been playing up all holiday. Sometimes pumping out properly, other times producing a lot of loud gurgling sounds and not much else! I bought a service kit in Dover and fondly imagined that the simple act of buying it would somehow effect a … Continue reading Beware the Joker

I think I can be pretty confident that the Son of God never actually rode a bike, but if he had it would have been a Solex! As you can imagine I was up at the crack of 10 o'clock this morning and headed straight round to see Els de Jonge, the very enthusiastic owner … Continue reading Christ on a Bike!

Colijnsplaat... home of... ??? Well it's the home of Johannis de Rijke who was the creator of a great many Dykes both here and in Japan, so the pop up exhibition said 🤡 and not everyone can say that! But more importantly it's the home of ... The Solex Museum!!!!! I used to own a … Continue reading €18 a Kilo !?!?