We had rather an epic day today, covering 41 nm in almost 7.5 hours. We had not really planned on such a long trip, but along the canal there are not a lot of places to spend the night and the few there were came too early and were sort of 'industrial'. So we decided to move on to Groningen, where we arrived shortly after 5pm.
One factor which supported our decision to carry on was that the weather was reasonable: only partly cloudy with nice sunny spells and no rain (but still cold: the coldest spring since 1962).
So why the title of this post? Well, look who came to have a look at the boat this afternoon:
Aren't they pretty!
But it's not all sun around:
Lots of cloud, but at this moment still no rain.
Tomorrow it's a two to three hour stint to Delfzijl, we pass through the sea lock and are back on tidal water there. If the weather cooperates, we'll cross into Germany on Sunday, but more about those plans tomorrow.
Just a late addition: the steeple in the picture above is known as the 'dronkenmanstoren', a Dutch word meaning: drunk mans tower. This is because from every direction you can see two clock faces simultaneously!
Thanks for emailing and telling us about that, Marinus!
Location:Oosterkade,Groningen,The Netherlands
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