Langehoekspôlle - into Fryslân

Yesterday was a perfect summers day, unusual for September. Sunshine, little wind and around 25C. We had friends from my high school / university days for tea and later drinks, which was very nice!

This morning, the weather was already changing. We did our shopping and left Hindeloopen after midday so that we would get to the lock at Workum after the lockkeeper's lunch break. As we entered the channel to Workum, you could see that the wind had picked up quite a lot:





We worked our way through the lock and bridges of Workum and tied up on an island between the Fluessen and the Heegermeer. The island is called 'Langehoekspôlle'. It's just a mooring place, organised by an outfit called 'Marrekrite' which sets up moorings 'in the wild' all over the province of Fryslân (which is Frisian for 'Friesland').





It's blowing quite hard now and as I write this, I can see the clouds of the cold front appearing in the distance. It's predicted that we'll have more autumn-like weather, the next few days.