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| Havel at Wesenberg S of Wolbitzsee Wikimedia photo by Botaurus |
12° C Clear blue skies and a nip
in the air first thing - later it warmed up considerably until
we had a big
heavy shower of rain. Mike was up at 6 a.m., he likes Bill’s idea of early morning
starts while it’s hot, I went back to sleep (prefer not to get up until 8 am, a
lifetimes habit) and woke when the engine fired up, we left at 7 a.m. Mike
collected the rest of the stuff from the car and gave the lad at the lock
another bottle of beer. We crossed the lovely Woblitzsee and went up the river
Havel. Disappointed to find the water was not crystal clear like the last time
we were here, it was muddy from all the constant passing boats. Both banks were
edged with flowering white water lilies. Into the
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| Wangnitzsee - no motor boats allowed Wikimedia photo by Alma |
Großer Labussee and cut the
engine, drifted and sampled the silence for a while. As we headed back down the
Havel and across the Woblitzsee I read Yvonne’s log to Mike as we went along, paused
while we descended Wesenberg lock. We’d collected five cruisers behind us and a
knot of canoes and kayaks. Back down the Havel Kammerkanal and through the
western end of Drewensee (no props allowed in the rest of it), under the
Wildhofbrug (one of several picturesque covered bridges in this area) and saw
another raft. This one was a family affair, a large raft called Wewuh, with a
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| Havel at Priepert Wikimedia photo by Botaurus |
canvas covering over the living area, it was making heavy weather of being
shoved along by a smoky outboard. A police launch was approaching. Hope they
don’t get a fine for that smoke! Round some sweeping bends into the end of
Wangnitzsee (another no props area) and the police boat followed us as we went
southwest on the Große Priepertsee - he’d got a queue behind him - just like
cars on a motorway!! Through the narrows at Priepert and we were back on the
MHW (Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße). Southeast on the Ellbogonsee which was 16m
deep. There were not many cruisers now moored in the haven at the start of the
lake. Down the L-shaped lake into Ziernsee. Lunch on the move. South on narrows
to Menowsee and into the Steinhavel channel. Three large cruisers went into
Steinhavel lock after the uphill traffic had
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| Ellbogonsee - Wikimedia photo by Botaurus |
cleared the chamber - there was no
room for us so we went back to moor by the bank. The next lockful came up and
we were first in the queue to go down. The old chap working the lock seemed
very happy in his work as he packed a large cruiser in behind us, plus a
speedboat and another bunch of paddle boats. Below the lock there was a queue
of eighteen boats (not counting the multitude of canoes) waiting to go up the
lock. It took forty minutes for us to lock through and no more than three or
four cruisers would fit in the chamber together, so the last few in the queue
would have a wait of three hours plus! We tied up in the woods at 2.45 p.m.
leaving the car where it was at Voßwinkel. A trip boat went past shortly
afterwards to test our roping. Mike set up the BBQ and we had sausages and
chops with baked spuds, broccoli and ratatouille. A heavy shower threatened to
send us indoors before the fire was ready to cook on, but it didn’t last very
long. There were butterflies everywhere and hoverflies galore. Mike found a beautiful
longhorn beetle. Fanny fetched sticks and Mike made more charcoal with them.
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