Urk To Franeker

From Urk we travelled in windless conditions to Stavoren. We tied up in the Old Harbour, as this is outside the lock and we had planned to continue on the IJsselmeer the next day. We knew that Jaap and Feikje on the Jildou would also be in Stavoren and we found them tied up at the 'Eiland', a favourite place inside the lock. We had drinks with them and said our goodbyes for the last time this season.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was again a beautiful day with temperatures in the 20's, warm for mid September! There was a bit more wind, but nothing serious. We left Stavoren, went through the Lorentz locks at Kornwerderzand and continued to Harlingen. It was very nice on 'the Wad' and we were very sad that on reaching Harlingen we had to turn starboard into the harbour instead of port to Vlieland or Terschelling! After the lock in Harlingen (called the Tjerk Hiddes lock), we stopped and satisfied Onbekommerd's thirst with almost 400l of diesel.
Franeker was reached less than an hour later and then 'operation packing up' started. We had a nice dinner at Ike and Marinus' house in Franeker, where we exchanged travel stories from the past summer (they took their boat, a traditional 'Hogaars' to Berlin this year).
This morning we finished packing up and by midday Onbekommerd was tied up in front of the shipyard of Valk Yachts where she will spend the winter, safely tucked away in a hall ashore.
We did almost 1500 nautical miles in almost 300 hours this year, quite a bit although not as much as last year but then Copenhagen is not nearly as far as Stockholm!
It was a very good summer, with no real problems, good weather and for 10 weeks good company from Jaap and Feikje on their Jildou.

This will be the last blogpost this season, but please join us again next year for yet another 'Onbekommmerd' trip!