The Vereeniging fares again
My blog is a little late this week, late as in slow in arriving but maybe that's fitting this time because it had to wait for a venerable old lady to get going. No, I'm not talking about myself in this case, although I confess that by the time I manage to get going every day at the moment, I feel I'm becoming quite old myself, if not actually venerable.
The old lady in this case is the Vereeniging. She has lain dormant for several years now, victim of a viral bug that it took far too long to diagnose. Still, treatment has been applied and she has recovered to fare another day; and fare well too.
Today, because one of my neighbours is leaving this weekend for his annual sail around Zeeland in the Bietentocht (see my blog about it here), I had to move the Vereeniging from her position in the harbour to a few metres the other way. Well, this seemed too good an opportunity to miss for a spuddle of a momentous kind. After the nursing and nurturing we'd done on bringing the old dameschip back to life, a gentle rondvaart of the harbour areas seemed just the thing. Which is what we did. With great grins and purposeful pride.
It was a magic to be steering out of the harbour. The weather was sublime...
Scheepmakershaven
We puttered gently along the Scheepmakershaven and round the Leuvenhaven before returning back along the Wijnhaven to base.
Scheepakershaven Rotterdam from the water is Rotterdam at its best...
Approaching the Leuvenhaven And there are barges as far as the eye can see and the soul can wish for...
the LeuvenhavenThe vibrancy and the colour of the inner city harbours are a sight for sore eyes... so we feasted them, as I hope these photos show ....
Bierhaven
the Leuvenhaven
the Leuvenhaven
Turning into the Wijnhaven
Back home, but a few metres to the left or the north or....
Had I not had commitments of the paying kind to attend to, we would have gone on with great pleasure. But this was a start; we broke the spell of immobility; the Vereeniging has fared again.... and she didn't miss a beat. The dream of going to Utrecht is looking considerably brighter.
Enjoy the rest of your week allemaal.
The old lady in this case is the Vereeniging. She has lain dormant for several years now, victim of a viral bug that it took far too long to diagnose. Still, treatment has been applied and she has recovered to fare another day; and fare well too.
Today, because one of my neighbours is leaving this weekend for his annual sail around Zeeland in the Bietentocht (see my blog about it here), I had to move the Vereeniging from her position in the harbour to a few metres the other way. Well, this seemed too good an opportunity to miss for a spuddle of a momentous kind. After the nursing and nurturing we'd done on bringing the old dameschip back to life, a gentle rondvaart of the harbour areas seemed just the thing. Which is what we did. With great grins and purposeful pride.
It was a magic to be steering out of the harbour. The weather was sublime...
ScheepmakershavenWe puttered gently along the Scheepmakershaven and round the Leuvenhaven before returning back along the Wijnhaven to base.
Scheepakershaven Rotterdam from the water is Rotterdam at its best...
Approaching the Leuvenhaven And there are barges as far as the eye can see and the soul can wish for...
the LeuvenhavenThe vibrancy and the colour of the inner city harbours are a sight for sore eyes... so we feasted them, as I hope these photos show ....
Bierhaven
the Leuvenhaven
the Leuvenhaven
Turning into the Wijnhaven
Back home, but a few metres to the left or the north or....Had I not had commitments of the paying kind to attend to, we would have gone on with great pleasure. But this was a start; we broke the spell of immobility; the Vereeniging has fared again.... and she didn't miss a beat. The dream of going to Utrecht is looking considerably brighter.
Enjoy the rest of your week allemaal.
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