Urk

A four hour trip, first the Zwolle-IJssel Kanaal, then down the IJssel and over the Ketelmeer to the IJsselmeer brought us to Urk, which was an island until it was connected to the mainland by a dike in 1939 and became part of the Noord-Oost polder in 1941.

We quite like Urk, it still has a little bit of the 'island atmosphere'. We treated ourselves to a meal of mussels and chips tonight and will stay here tomorrow.

Now that we have still three weeks to go, and would be able to get to Franeker (the winter storage / maintenance destination) in a day or two (if we had to), we finally seem to have found a bit more of 'inner peace' and find it easier to stay a bit longer in one place. We have already promised ourselves to time our life a bit better for next year's trip. It of course also helps that we now know how long (or short!) it takes to get from the Baltic 'back home'.