Busy, busy!

We were away from the boat yesterday and had a busy morning in Sneek today! We are beginning to stock up for the summer voyage to Sweden. Some things are easier to get here, less expensive or not at all available outside the Netherlands. Last year we were not that organised, but now we have some plastic crates to fill! In addition to that 'extra' shopping there was the normal provisioning to do. And we had some clothes repaired at a 'kleermaker' which had to be collected. Then there was some stuff to do for Lyn's educational business (preparing and sending off workbooks) so all in all it was half past three when we let go the mooring lines and approached the first bridge, next to the famous 'Waterpoort':





As there was supposed to de some emergency in the town, the bridges had to be kept closed for possible emergency traffic (none ever arrived), so the trip through the three bridges which usually takes 10 minutes took 45!
After that, it was a relatively quick trip to the Kromme Ee where we are currently tied up on a very idyllic 'Marrekrite' jetty.
The weather has been almost 'summery' the past few days, but it seems to take a bit of a turn now with less stable weather predicted for the next few days. But it's definitely a lot better than a week or two ago: we have not used the heater for quite some time.
Tomorrow we visit friends who own a summer cottage on the water close to here. On Friday, we have South African friends arriving who have rented a boat and with whom we will travel 'in convoy' for two weeks.

Location:Boarnsterhim,The Netherlands