A good morning on 'het Wad'

After our aborted attempt to go to Schiermonnikoog a few days ago, we got up early, full of excitement this morning. At the appointed 5 to 8 the bridge opened and let us out of the Noorderhaven in Harlingen. Soon, we were on the Wad and encountered our first cardinal mark:





As you can see, it was sunny with only a light breeze, ideal weather for us. The route between Harlingen and Vlieland is quite busy, with ferries, water taxis and the odd commercial ship but early in the season there were very few pleasure craft.

We had planned the tide quite well and had a favourable 1 to 2 knot current all of the way and by 10:30 we had tied up in the almost empty marina on Vlieland, just in time for coffee.





We'll be here for 4 or 5 days and then move on to Terschelling, the next island where we plan to join in the celebrations for the inauguration of our King, Willem Alexander on 30 April. The country is getting in quite a serious 'Orange mood', we'll post pictures of some shop windows etc later.

Both Vlieland and Terschelling are excellent cycling grounds: tomorrow we'll get the bikes out of the back of the boat.

There may not be a post every day, the next few days. All subject to anything of interest to report!

Location:Havenweg,Vlieland,The Netherlands