Thursday 13 May
We reached Maasbracht at approximately at 4.30 p.m. today. We did finally have some better luck on Monday evening and in lovely, though not very warm, sunshine went from Vlissingen to Veere in 2 hours with two other boats and hardly waited at all at any of the bridges. In fact it felt a little like a race because as soon as the lights went green they seemed to go back to red. Spent Monday night in Veere and then a long grey, miserably cold and finally wet Tuesday getting to a place called Heusden. On Wednesday we were a little late starting off but got within reasonable striking distance of Maasbracht and found somewhere to spend the night moored up behind another Linssen from Cowes! A public holiday today so very quiet and everything closed.
Kathryn: new chart plotter great and cameras are fantastic in the locks, especially when Bruce remembers to turn them on!
Have managed not to fall out in locks and they are so much more gentle than in France - lulling us into fall sense of security no doubt for when we eventually arrive there.
Forgot to say in my last blog that whilst rolling over endless waves in a horrible North Sea on Sunday the best moment came in a text from my boy telling me Chelsea had won the Premier League title - great news!
Three days here before our next exciting adventure and the big move to St Jean de Losne, France. Have been so busy concentrating on how Sequel is going to get there we have no idea how we are!
Sounds if you are now getting better luck and things seem to be working out for you. Your next big adventure is when Sequel comes out of the water onto the truck/lorry for her onward journey to France. Very exciting. Will you be moored on Saturday to watch the cup final or not be bothered? We are still in the north cold and rainy today hopefully the weekend will get better. Take care and enjoy the next experience. Love K & V x
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ReplyDeleteGlad all is well so far with you two. The parcel arrived safely for you Fran.Weather here is still really cold - we have just spent a couple of days in N Devon enjoying our Christmas present from the kids at a fab golf hotel - sadly felt obliged to play today in pouring rain but swim and sauna afterwards was great!! At least we saw all the lovely views form our bedroom window in sunshine yesterday. We are promised the start of summer tomorrow!!
You have chosen a good time to be away as we are being bombarded with post election stuff all day. Good luck with the boat lifting and moving and look forward to hearing more of your big adventure. Penny and Ian
Sounds exciting! Weather looks good in the picture: nice blue sky. More Chelsea excitement here: Mattie is telling you about it on the phone whilst I'm typing this! Right should get back to the invites: have hardly made a dent in them! Enjoy your 6 hour train journey: French trains are very good: hopefully you'll have a fun journey down. Hope Sequel enjoys her road trip: can't wait to see pics of her on the lorry! xxx
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