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| Nieuwebrug R Vecht |
Overcast, grey, cooler. 12° C
overnight. We all went shopping in Breukelen village before we set off. The
post office was shut (they’re all closed on Saturdays, we were later told) so
after we’d got groceries from Albert Hein, we called in a bookshop which sold
stamps. Mike got a book of five 61c stamps, so did Bill, plus he bought a Dutch
phrase book.
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| Cronenburgerbrug. Loenen. R Vecht |
Someone had upended a concrete flower planter, strewing soil in
the road, during the previous night’s celebrations of Koningennedag, the
Queen’s birthday. We left the quay, (where the moorings were free), at 10.15
a.m. leaving three cruisers still tied up there. Traffic was not as busy as the
weather wasn’t as good as the day before, but there were still quite a number
of small day boats and cruisers running up and down the river Vecht. The
movable bridges on the river (which is just like the upper Thames, but with no
locks) were all free except for the one at Breukelen - but we could get under
it anyway without it having to be lifted. The first bridge keeper at Loenen
swung a clog on a string at Bill who, as he was the first keeper to do so, obligingly
gave the beggar a tip!
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| Vreeland van Leerbrug bascule liftbridge. R Vecht |
Rosy was going slowly, so we overtook after Loenen as we
went past more and more floating sheds. Had lunch on the move as lots more
small dayboats went past. We spotted the chap who’d passed us the day before
with a little boat with a Bollinder engine, the boat was tied up at a houseboat
called Water Bed but the old chap didn’t see us as he was busy mowing his lawn, we noted that his mower was a Briggs and Stratton! It was 1.20 p.m. when we tied up at
Nigtevecht, next to two trees with a good view across the Spiegel polder to the
long stretched out village of Nederhorst Berg, and just enough water beneath
us. Helped Mike get the moped off and he went to collect the car. He came back
with two crates of Grolsch beer to have with a BBQ. What an excuse! He’d been
looking forward to trying Dutch beer again. We are stuck and can’t move on
Sunday as the lock on Flevoland only works ‘til 12.00 on Sundays until after May 3rd!
More modern pictures these are from last year, end of May
More modern pictures these are from last year, end of May
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