Au revoir

Frantically trying to cram all my belongings into one suitcase and a ruckie ready for my journey tomorrow. I have had time over the weekend to read all the kind thoughts and wishes in the cards I received last week. A big thank-you to everyone at Highfields and all who came to Mistley Cricket Club. It was lovely to see you all. I'm getting to grips with my ipod and will be carrying it around with me in the hope of finding lots of wifi hotspots.

More soon...

The story so far...

We bought Johanne in August 2008, in Amsterdam. She had been a houseboat on the Dijksgracht for the past 15 years so was comfortable inside, but we weren’t sure how sound she was on the outside. Prior to that, she was German owned and working on the Baltic, we think.
One new rudder, some general welding and a lot of nicotine scraping later, we were ready to go. We left Amsterdam towards the end of July 2009, heading for a rally in Tilburg. We learnt a lot about handling the boat on the way and met some great people. After a fun time in Tilburg, we set off towards Belgium with the aim of finding a winter mooring before I had to be back at school on 1st September. Fortunately, we came to Erquelinnes which was perfect for us. Johanne has been there ever since and we are finally ready to start our big adventure!

First post

Here is a picture of our boat which we bought during 2008.