After a very quiet night 'in the countryside', we went to face this low bridge. There was a 'not so low' one first, and Lyn measured the headroom we had. That made us slightly more comfortable that it would be possible. And yes, with 7cm to spare we slowly conquered 'Spiketille'.
We then discovered that the next bridge was very narrow, one chart said 3.8m, the other 4.4m. We are 3.45 m wide, so we should fit through in either case. It was closer to 4.4 than to 3.8, so not difficult in the end:
We only take these pics after we have passed the obstacle and the stress is gone!
A bit later we arrived in Bolsward and we decided to call it a day and tie up. As it is Ascension day weekend, it's quite busy on the water and the mooring facilities filled up soon after we arrived.
We have been in Bolsward before, it is one of the Frisian 11 towns and has good facilities for boats. On this picture, you can see the Dutch flag with the Orange streamer, which indicates a Royal occasion. Yesterday was princess Maxima's birthday, but I guess they don't fly the flag on Ascension day?
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