Today saw us winding our tortuous way south through the Netherlands, through many canals and through three large lakes or 'meers'. We had to hover before bridges waiting for them to open, and hovering in a boat like Sirena with her long keel and wayward moods is not easy.
Anyway, we finally arrived in Lemmer, our destination for tonight, and motored through the town which was chock full of skimpily dressed tourists (not wearing masks or distancing) eating and quaffing at crowded tables.
For fun they were watching us wrestling Sirena into line behind a giant motor boat while an even bigger cruise boat squeezed by on the other side. The air was blue.
When we got clear of the town we found a nice quiet berth in a marina...asked the harbour master if it was free. Yes it was. Settled down. And then a voice rang out- what are you doing in our berth? We argued but had to disconnect the electricity, unmoor all the ropes, find another berth and do it all over again. The air got bluer.
But we did our clothes washing, had showers and a stir fry and tomorrow We head for Amsterdam.
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