Up and at ‘em this morning … going to escape to the big bad sea!

A gentle trip up the Veersemere to the Veeresluis into the Middelburg canal.  So many scouts/guides camp sites along side the Mere, we recognised so many of the boats that had been towed past us over the weekend.  Just us and one other boat in the Veeresluis, we are getting quite professional at this!  a slow amble down to Middelburg to fuel up and pop into the Chandler for yet another quick release shackle for the gate in the guard wire.  Eight other boats then streamed out of the marina to join us in the ‘blue wave’ down to Vlissingen. Don’t believe the hype … this really does not go as smoothly as they tell you it does.  Sticking to 5kts does not mean that each bridge magically opens as you approach. We waited a good 10 minutes (at least) before the last bridge into Vlissingen.  And in the short space between the two bridges in Middelburg we put lines on!

Anyway, the commercial sea lock was open in Vlissingen for us to drive straight in and within a short space of time we were out at sea … for the 3 miles across to Breskens!

We’ll stay here 2 nights … there’s a very lively blow coming in tonight - 24 hrs of mayhem…it’ll make a change to be in mains power after just over a week in the wild. I’ve even got a load of washing hanging out to dry .. hopefully he rain will hold off until 7 as promised … it is not looking at all likely ….

Today we go out into the big bad sea

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