While walking our dog, one can enjoy the Frisian landscape. This is the view over the water with the beautiful name ‘Kromme Knilles’ (kromme = crooked/bent) in more or less easterly direction. This waterway lives up to its name: the winding course is evidenced by the boats sailing in it. It is also possible that they are both stationary, there is ample opportunity to moor in the ‘Kromme Knilles’.

The place where we were moored was bordered by a ditch. By the way, the ditch was recently redone. So far so good. However, when we hobbled around with our dog, we saw the ditch end 'just like that'. Next to it was a completely overgrown (partly causing the addition: former) fence with a sign behind it with an important announcement. (More about this announcement below.) Why a fence? It has no function, because you can simply walk around it. It still puzzles us. The only explanation perhaps: simple laziness. Btw, note the huge amount of clippings. It sticks to your shoes, thus making a mess inside the boat (our house)!

Still on the Frijgerssloot/Frijgerssleat. We stayed at this place for two nights and endured an outright storm on Friday the 16th. This sunrise on Saturday the 17th around 7:45AM absolutely made up for it.

On Saturday the 17th we left (already!) at 8:57AM because we were supposed to have an appointment with a carpentry workshop in the morning before noon to, finally, repair our dormer (cuckoo) and neatly panel the (new) refrigerator space. After sailing some narrow, unknown waters, we crossed the Prinses Margrietkanaal and entered the Oosterbrugvaart/Easterbrêgefeart. We approached Uitwellingerga/Twellingea and then this was our breathtaking view. Sun and rain at the same time certainly do the trick!

After Uitwellingerga/Twellingea the waterway is called 'It Ges' and becomes considerably narrower. We squeezed through it and, after only touching once something lightly at the only bridge (so none of the many boats we encountered on the way), we arrived at our goal, Hofstra Timmerwerken in Oppenhuizen/Toppenhuzen. Oppenhuizen/Toppenhuzen and Uitwellingerga/Twellingea together form a twinvillage. Sometimes simply referred to as 'Top & Twel'. Hofstra Timmerwerken will start the job on Monday, partly due to the bad weather in the short term. Here you see our location until Tuesday. (Perhaps Wednesday). (Many apologies to that poor single old woman whose yard we illegally entered to take this photo. She was obviously not interested in an explanation, even hiding herself.)