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| Liftbridge over arm on to the Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal by Nieuwerbrug |
Sunny morning, chilly wind and
heavy showers mid-afternoon. Planned to set off at ten but the guy with DB
Lucretia came alongside and Mike and Oll had info off him about the new canal,
Kanaal Koning Willem Alexander, that had been made between Emmen and the
Haren-Rütenbrock kanaal. We set off at 11.10 am and the tjalk had our spot on
the quay. Mike had put the pins in to connect the Markon so I could do some
washing and ironing as we went along. As we passed through a police radar speed
trap Mike said we were doing 7 kph when the speed limit is 6 kph. The police
RIB went past and never said a thing, just waved. Nieuwerbrug, surrounded by
cameras, remained with red lights as we approached. Oll put his bows by the
press button and Anne pressed it. Nothing happened, so Oll rang the number on
the board. The guy said he had been waiting until we got closer to the bridge!
Off to our left was another liftbridge, hemmed in by houses, over the little
Wettering navigation, that linked with the Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal. About a
kilometre further on we waited, with the wind sending us sideways, for the
bascule bridge Cronenbrug in
Loenen and a cruiser came through from the
opposite direction first before we went through. It was after midday so the
lights on the bridge behind us went to double reds. Round the corner to the
next bridge and we slung ropes around the posts by the bridge to wait for the
bridge-keeper’s lunch break to finish at 1 pm. A tjalk was attempting to sail
along the river by the next windmill and having trouble getting past a dredger
and pan. Two more bridges in Vreeland, the second was another bascule bridge.
More dredging was in progress and we passed an empty 750 tonner heading upriver
in reverse. The little Hilversum kanaal went off to our right, then we went
through the bends at Overmeer past the camping site, a long wooden edge with
stumps which was empty except for two cruisers.
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| Windmill in Leonen |
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| Vreeland Van Leerbrug bascule bridge |
An empty 750 tonner called
Deo-Juviante went past as we wound round the bends to Nigtevecht, passing a
stop lock that lead on to the Amsterdam-Rijn kanaal. The tjalk, called Vrouwe
Cordelia, that had been sailing was now motoring and overtook us just before
where we were going to moor. Rain started pouring down. Tied up on a concrete
topped quay with bollards by a restaurant and a chandlery in Nederhorst den
Berg.
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| Sailing tjalk Vrouwe Codrdelia |
Amazed that no one came for money for the mooring then we noticed the
boatyard was up for hire.
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