Lady Martina home to Lowestoft and lifted out in Lake Lothing
The last few cruises completed in The Netherlands and then the North Sea passage back to England, arriving in Lowestoft. Lady Martina had not been out of the water for three years and so, as we were not planning any cruises for the forthcoming month, we got her lifted out in Lake Lothing for maintenance. You can see Lady Martina Schedule of Voyages 2019 for day-by-day news of her adventures this year.
Our movements are still visible on the public AIS (Automatic Identification System) site free of charge. For our ever changing location see Lady Martina's AIS position
For information on the Broom Owners Club visit www.broomowners.com, and for information on the 'Inland Waterways of the Netherlands' (available this year as a 2nd Edition), visit www.dutchwaterways.net. For more information about David's life and times, visit http://www.davidabroad.com/ and on the Cruising Association (for which David remains as its Honorary Local Representative for Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and The Broads) visit www.cruising.org.uk
If you have been, thanks for reading :-)
May you always have Fair Winds and Favourable Tides ...
Horning Saturday 20th July 2019
Lady Martina has cruised from Flevoland to Friesland in two passages and the rest of the cruise to Amsterdam and then home is now planned
Lady Martina and its crew had a great three days at the Giethoorn water-borne tourism magnet and then we moved north to the peace of quiet Freise villages of Heerenveen and on to Terherne. The rest of our Dutch cruise to the middle of July is now planned taking in several more towns and villages whilst timing our arrival in Makkum for Ikon's Yanmar engines to be tuned by the experts. We will then head for Amsterdam and time our passage back to England according to the calm weather windows. You can see Lady Martina Schedule of Voyages 2019 for day-by-day news of her latest adventures.
Our movements are still visible on the public AIS (Automatic Identification System) site free of charge. For our ever changing location see Lady Martina's AIS position
For information on the Broom Owners Club visit www.broomowners.com, and for information on the 'Inland Waterways of the Netherlands' (available this year as a 2nd Edition), visit www.dutchwaterways.net. For more information about David's life and times, visit http://www.davidabroad.com/ and on the Cruising Association (for which David remains as its Honorary Local Representative for Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and The Broads) visit www.cruising.org.uk
If you have been, thanks for reading :-)
May you always have Fair Winds and Favourable Tides ...
Lady Martina, Terherne, Friesland Thursday 4th July 2019
Lady Martina's cruise around the charming Friesland venues has been completed and we are now making our way back down the IJsselmeer from Hinderloopen towards Amsterdam read for our trip home when weather allows
It is always a pleasure to cruise around Friesland in Lady Martina as the flat landscapes and peat or turf-digging heritage share so much in common with our home in the Norfolk Broads. Since the last update, we have visited Workum, Makkum and Hinderloopen on the Friese IJsselmeer coast and we are this day setting off for Enkhuisen on our way back south. The crew aboard Lady Martina have enjoyed this long cruise with Ikon through the familiar waters of The Netherlands, but we are now ready to go home to our families, our Horning riverside home, Blackrow Plantation forest and the start of Norwich City's new football season in the Premier League! The news from Yanmar engine experts, Van Enjhuizen in Makkum, with regard to Ikon's engines was not good and they will have to return next week as Lady Martina cruises on. We will head for Amsterdam and time our passage back to England according to the calm weather windows which now looks like the 16th/17th of July. You can see Lady Martina Schedule of Voyages 2019 for day-by-day news of her latest adventures.
Our movements are still visible on the public AIS (Automatic Identification System) site free of charge. For our ever changing location see Lady Martina's AIS position
For information on the Broom Owners Club visit www.broomowners.com, and for information on the 'Inland Waterways of the Netherlands' (available this year as a 2nd Edition), visit www.dutchwaterways.net. For more information about David's life and times, visit http://www.davidabroad.com/ and on the Cruising Association (for which David remains as its Honorary Local Representative for Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and The Broads) visit www.cruising.org.uk
If you have been, thanks for reading :-)
May you always have Fair Winds and Favourable Tides ...
Lady Martina, Terherne, Friesland Thursday 4th July 2019
Lady Martina has cruised from North Holland to Flevoland and is now at 'The Green Venice' of Giethoorn
Lady Martina has left North Holland, cruising across the Markermeer to land first at Lelystad and then lock down 6 metres through the Noordersluis into the Flevoland polders. Taking the high bridge route along the Lage Vaart and emerging into the Ketelmeer, we spent the night in the Schokkerstrand regions whose museum chronicles their former life as an island community. Then the next day along the Ramsdiep and across the extensive open lake of Zwarte Meer, we have then turned North and moored at Giethoorn. This special place known as 'The Green Venice' is a totally water-based community like its Italian counterpart and we will have to launch our dinghies to tour its 'City'. You can see Lady Martina Schedule of Voyages 2019 for day-by-day news of her latest adventures.
Our movements are still visible on the public AIS (Automatic Identification System) site free of charge. For our ever changing location see Lady Martina's AIS position
For information on the Broom Owners Club visit www.broomowners.com, and for information on the 'Inland Waterways of the Netherlands' (available this year as a 2nd Edition), visit www.dutchwaterways.net. For more information about David's life and times, visit http://www.davidabroad.com/ and on the Cruising Association (for which David remains as its Honorary Local Representative for Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and The Broads) visit www.cruising.org.uk
Thanks for reading :-)
May you always have Fair Winds and Favourable Tides ...
Giethoorn, Flevoland Sunday 30th June 2019
