After leaving Dordrecht, things seemed to have a momentum of their own. Lovely weather and meeting up with the Lowestoft Cruising Club summer cruise meant that we had less time or inclination for blog writing! We took plenty of pictures though!
Brief synopsis : motored to Willemstad, glorious sail past our planned stop and on to Kats, lovely sail down the Veerse Meer to meet LCC boats, night at Goes, sail across to Zierikzee, very hot sail with cruising chute down Oosterschelde and back to Colijnsplaat, Roompot marina to wait for good day to cross North Sea, 3am start and superb crossing meant we arrived at Lowestoft in time for the 7pm bridge.
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| Rail and road bridge south of Dordrecht |
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| Under we go |
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| Cooling off in Willemstad harbour |
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| Willemstad Raadhuis |
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| Along the city walls |
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| Amazing street - perfect for the hot weather |
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| Old sluice control |
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| Flowery welcome |
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| Introduction to the village of Kats - what a bizarre place, in a cosy kind of way! |
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| Knitted bollard cover |
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| Foam flowers hanging in tree |
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| Lots of cosy bollards |
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| Hanging on a gate |
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| Even the church joined in |
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| That lock isn't full yet - room for a few more boats! |
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| Meeting up with LCC boats in the Veerse Meer |
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| Barbecue on the staging |
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| Early morning on the Veerse Meer, but the Scouts were up and sailing before 6 |
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| Waiting for the bridge into Goes |
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| Goes town square |
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| Inside the church |
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| One embroidery which was a part of ... |
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| ... an incredible tapestry - this was less than half of it! |
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| And the children had done one too |
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| Leaving Goes |
Sailing with others always means photos of each others boats -
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| Sea Shantih |
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| Melody |
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| Atazoa |
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| Red Rose |
And it finally means that I can show you a photo of Andromeda sailing!
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| Playing with the cruising chute |
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| Cooling off as we sailed along |
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| Colijnsplaat tribute to those who helped keep it safe from 1953 floods |
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| Floating bridge - pull yourself across |
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| Zeelandsbrug - yet more incredible engineering |
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| Ironside seen from on the bridge |
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| Dijk repairs |
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| Colijnsplaat |
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Chris worked it out eventually, I hadn't a clue!
Answer later on |
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| Looking across to the Roompot Sluis and bridge |
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| Up before sunrise for the crossing |
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| Ironside waiting for the Roompotsluis |
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| Sunrise over the North Sea |
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| Xerxes sailing (with a little help from the engine!) |
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| In the middle of the North Sea - shade and a puzzle book keeps me happy! |
Talking of puzzles - have you worked out what the strange contraption was from earlier? It was to hold a horse still while the farrier was shoeing it!
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| Coming to the end of a wonderful two months |
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| Into Lowestoft harbour |
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| Back at the LCC mooring |
Sorry that was rather brief, but now that we are home I feared that the blog might not get finished - we are rather inundated with laundry, weeding and fruit-picking!
I wonder where we will go next year?
