29 August
Geldermalsen to Spijk

Going down river was a lot faster than going up. We left late, after 11am, and were tied up at the yacht club de Gors in Spijk by 2pm. Going up took us almost twice as long.

We left late 'cos it was Skip's birthday and we slept in a bit. I did a bit of provisioning at the Albert Heijn which was only 50 metres away from the harbour. I could roll their trolley right to the boat so stocked up on heavy stuff for Skip. We also took on water and fuel (1.26 per litre with the anti-bacteria muutie already added).



Unlike Saturday, we mostly had the river to ourselves the whole way down except .....

... for a couple of km's there was a fishing competition.
"It was THIS big!", the chap on the left tries to explain to his competitors.
(Remember: you can click on the pics to make them bigger)

The de Gors yacht club in Spijk charged us 8 euros a night with elec at a 50c pay meter. The very nice new showers were free and a spit away from the boat so I plan to have a nice long hot shower tomorrow. The weather has been so hot lately, we haven't bothered to switch on the water heater and have been having cold showers instead.

So, it being Skip's birthday, we decided to cycle the couple of kms down to Gorinchem and find a restaurant for dinner.

"Look! Table BBQ!" we spotted a board outside a nice looking restaurant. So, natch, we had to give it a try. Now, you might think we had had enough BBQ lately, but you would be wrong.
 

"Hmmm. I'm not too sure about this."
And, when even the shrimp were'nt cooked after 30 minutes we told them to take it all away ...
 

... and bring us a steak instead.
(Which was delicious.)