Thursday 19th May 2011 Antoing.

WWII Memorial plaque on river bridge at Antoing

Grey overcast. A few sunny spells late in the afternoon. Had a call via the neighbour’s phone from the surveyor who said he would call round to see us for five minutes at 2.00 p.m. Moved the two boats back along the quay to fill in the gap after the Dutch cruiser that stayed overnight had left. No signs of our surveyor. Just the short distance down the basin and Mike found a free WiFi station on 54 Mps! We’re online again. He checked his emails and I checked mine. Had one from Helen. They’d arrived yesterday at Veghel having gone to via the tidal Schelde (and had a mishap with a mudbank) into Antwerp (where the policeboat wouldn’t let them tie on the ladders to wait for the lock) then north along the Schelde-Rijn kanaal through the Kreekraak sluise with loads of big DBs, Hollands Diep, Bergse Maas and into the Zuid-Willensvaart via Den Bosch. She liked Veghel and found Albert Hein for shopping and also looked in the church. Coming back via the Zuid-Willems to Bocholt and on to the Herentals canal and the Nete to miss Antwerp and back into Gent via the Boven Schelde (tidal). Wished them all the best with the trip.