21st - 23rd June Still at Leeuwarden If I have given the impression that it does not rain in Holland then I was wrong; it does and it is and in addition a promise of high winds for the weekend keeps us from moving on to Lauwersoog where we will be sluiced back out into the North Sea. In spite of that there was a great open market in town this morning with such a choice of goods on offer from any garment imaginable in orange, to the revelation of all the things...

17th - 20th June Wadenzee to Leeuwarden First of all, there is something wrong about the photo album associated with this entry, so go to Photos and select the album from there and not from the panel below. Going North again after pausing in Amsterdam for 10 days We came up from Enkhuizen today to the top of the Ijsselmeer (I can now spell that with confidence ) on water not unlike a glass topped coffee table and Force 2 on the nose. Then out into the Wadenzee ...