9.4º C overnight. Colder. Sunny morning, showery cloudy
afternoon. We had a day off to do some shopping. Bill wanted to have a look
round the Northern Shipping Musuem in Groningen, so we all went into the city
in the car. We dropped Bill off at the end of the Damsterdiep and we went to
have a look round the big DIY store, Praxis, on the crossroads with the
Eemskanaal. Bought two mossie netting door strip kits, Mike replaced a 10mm socket he lost in Jean-Max’s peniche bilges ages ago and I bought a purple orchid for
5,99€ (and some special fertilizer for it). Bill ‘phoned and we collected him and
went back to the boat for lunch. After lunch we went shopping
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| View down the old canal towards Hoogezand |
at the big
shopping centre in Sappemeer, next town to Hoogezand – so close you wouldn’t
know you’d moved into another town. Found the Albert Hein supermarket (very
much like Sainsburys) and got the groceries, went ouch! at the price of meat
and fish (22€/kg for cod and 25€ for plaice) bought a big pack of skinless
chicken breasts at 7€/kg – that was almost as cheap as Real at EHS (Germany).
Dumped the groceries in the car and went back into the shopping centre for a
look around, plus Mike wanted to get a new CD storage box. We went in Blokker
(like Wilkinsons in the UK) and bought a small metal box with a suspended
filing system which will hold 120 CDs for 9.99€. On the way back to the boat
Mike went on a search for motorbike shops to get a spoke for the moped. No
luck. Back to the boats. After dinner Bill came round to discuss where we were
going. Decided on the Boterdiep, but starting out mid morning after Bill had
shown the Dutch people (who own the glass factory) round Rosy’s trad back cabin
and Bill wanted to take a tour of their glass factory in an old church.
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