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| Maarssen |
Grey skies, sunny spells later.
Dry! Set off at 9.25 a.m. Waited for the Hoekbrug bridge at Oud-Zuilen and Mike
hooted – then I spotted the cameras, it was remotely operated! The barriers
dropped, lights changed and the bridge lifted. The next bridge was a new
bascule bridge with two lifting sections (like Tower bridge) and we could get
under it with the mast down and the Ensign staff off.
Oll waited, and then, as he started to take his mast down, the bridge opened!
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| Bascule bridge at Breukelen |
The bridge was in a brand new housing development between Oud-Zuilen and
Maarssen, just before the next access on to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal. All
through Maarssen there were lots of moorings with wooden stumps to tie to and there
were either signs that said mooring charges apply or no mooring allowed. Mum
looked through the windows at all the lovely houses. Had a short wait for
Termeerbrug to lift, then the keeper came out from Vechtbrug to say hello, as
he did all the other bridges from his comfy cabin. The low brick quay went all
through the town with houses a mere fifteen feet from the river and cars parked
all along the edge, signs said it was all private, no mooring allowed.
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| Mooring at Breukelen |
Beyond
the town they were in process of dredging and we passed a tug and pan moving,
then two diggers on pontoons with pans alongside, neither were actually
dredging. Took photos of Nijenrode castle on the left before Breukelen. Past
another route on to the Amsterdam-Rijn Kanaal and through a lift bridge where
they used to charge 2,50 Florins according to what we’d written on our old
chart but it was free today. Dropped into a slot between cruisers on the quay
and tied up at 11.15 am. The skipper of the cruiser in front of told us that
the mooring was free.
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