2016 – Page 7 – EurMacs

— By Helm and CrewAugust 2, 2016

Dashing past old haunts: Veurne to Dendermonde 13/7 – 16/7

The Days Ahead Our cruise plan was to avoid Brugge and Ghent at the start of this year’s cruise and get to the start of the river Dender as quickly as possible. We plan to go back through both Brugge and Ghent towards the end…

— By Helm and CrewJuly 25, 2016

Barge Antics at Briare: 6-12/7

No-Barge Rally at Briare We had long planned to take a week out of cruising to attend the DBA barge rally in the French town of Briare Le Canal. We had an absolutely fantastic time. As we always knew we could not attend the Rally…

— By Helm and CrewJuly 17, 2016

Veurne – Coming World Remember Me: 2 – 5/7/2016

Back on Board We arrived back in Veurne, after an uneventful, but long journey back from Melbourne. About 26 hours flight time and a couple of hours in the train from Brussels. It had simply poured down when we left her last September and dragged…

— By Helm and CrewJune 23, 2016

Plans in Jelly 2016

Duck Drought Last night we had our daughter Kathryn and husband Marcus up for dinner for their turn to sample the delights of duck confit. Regrettably, that has left us devoid of cans of confit. Two others had already perished, the first to our twin…