After a leisurely breakfast, we went on to Groningen. The idea was to take the quicker route around the city but when we got to the second low bridge it had just gone out of action. We waited about an hour and a half in the hope the problem would be resolved quickly. By that time, quite a few big commercial boats were also waiting and as these would be getting priority at the lock just after the bridge, we decided that the route through the city would be better after all. We had never done this before and it was quite nice. Before you get to the city itself it's quite rural. How about this solution to cutting the verges of the river:
Those are a LOT of sheep in a small area with a lot of tall grass. They must have starved the poor sheep overnight, as they were going wild!
As you get nearer the city the surroundings change and it gets more built up:
Later on you go almost through the centre, but by then we were too busy with many lifting bridges and not much room to manoeuvre to get any nice pictures.
This morning we bought a completely collapsible picknic table and two chairs. Now we have a 'patio' for our Cobb! Pictures to follow when we first use the whole setup.
Two of the three boats that are going to join us to the Baltic have now also arrived here, the last one is due tomorrow. We'll then decide on the plan for the trip through Germany and report back on the blog.
Finally: some very young visitors at lunchtime!
Location:Oosterkade,Groningen,The Netherlands
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