Wednesday, May 18, 2022, we turned the stern (literally visible here) and left the great island of Marchjepôle at 9:46AM. We will definitely be back!

After a smooth trip of, except for a minute, 45 minutes we moored in Ychtenbrêge/Echtenerbrug. We chose to stay there for a day for three reasons: a. to replenish our rations (Spar, here we come!), b. to fully charge our batteries again by connecting them to shore power and c. to buy a Marrekrite-flag. The a. was much needed; as far as the b. is concerned, we 'pamper’ the batteries every now and then and the flag is just a matter of courtesy (the little flag -every year a different colour, this year yellow- costs only € 15,00; their numberless mooring-spots inside Fryslân/Friesland are all for free). Because we took a picture here before, this time we stayed in our easy chair and made a panoramic one.

The next day, Thursday the 19th, we left Ychtenbrêge/Echtenerbrug exactly at noon. We were told to go anyway as the room we occupied was marked with a ‘reserved’-sign because some rental boats apparently would return that day. The space is owned by Turfskip Yachtcharter, hence. We cruised, as usual lately, somewhat over three quarters of an hour and stopped at 12:49PM a small island in the middle of a t-junction, where the Broeresleat/Broeresloot ends in the river Tsjonger/Tjonger. This (again: panoramic) picture shows the entire island, beginning with our boat’s bow end ending with our entire little ship. If you’re unable to picture our position, see the next image.

To make things absolutely clear this image was taken from unsurpassed Google Earth. Visible are: the Tsjûkemar/Tjeukemaar, Delfstrahuizen/Dolsterhuzen, Ychtenbrêge/Echtenerbrug and the route we had to follow to reach our present location. We are where the yellow pin is situated. To answer an obvious question: we are unable to tackle the Broeresleat/Broeresloot because the two bridges, part of this sleat/sloot, are too low for us.

This is one of the activities when moored here for a few days. Enjoying life and doing nothing! Note: the picture was taken on Friday the 20th at 2:02PM.

This picture, however, was taken the same afternoon around 5:00PM. The weather had completely turned into rainy conditions.

Sunset-reflection on Thursday-evening at 9:25PM.