This Week In Wijnjewoude 2025

 Week 34 In Dokkum In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.  (just something I read somewhere - I'd probably add "with their heads stuck in a mobile phone" - but we're all guilty of that these days). Monday and Tuesday seemed to be all about packing - Cheryl to go home and us to get ready to head off to Dokkum again for the Admiraliteitsdagen Festival. Cheryl ended up buying a new suitcase as her ticket allowed two x 23kg - she had stuff of hers from last year and stuff from Alexander and Maddy - she was really loaded up when we said goodbye at the 0733hrs train... It was a masterstroke to get a slightly earlier train that went all the way to Schiphol - so she at least didn't have to lug everything from platform to platform along the way. We went straight to the boat and were underway by 0745hrs... at Akkrum by 0900hrs on the dot for the first bridge opening and then into the Kromme Knill...

 Boat Trip 2025 Well, we never did get to Blokzijl but we had a few full days and lots of time together - and with Alexander for a couple of days as a bonus! Day 1 Having slept on board in Heerenveen, we headed off early on Friday morning. All very new for Cheryl and I had to adjust accordingly, doing just about everything in the absence of my First Mate. That part went surprisingly well and I soon had Cheryl doing some steering so I could make the coffee and tea - and our regular fruit buns with cheese. Friday Heerenveen to Dokkum Stopped for lunch and fuel Arrived in Dokkum mid-afternoon - found a good spot...  Day 2 Saturday Shopping, walking the bulwarks and waiting for Janny to bring Alexander to us. He had been picked up at Heerenveen and taken to our place in Wijnjewoude to see if he remembered anything from 2010. Out for dinner... Day 3 Sunday Part 1 Dokkum to Oostmahorn We had been planning this trip for a few years now - they raised all the bridges to 2.5 metres to o...