An interesting day of heavy rain, thunder and sunny spells. The River Maas at Roermond was unusually deserted but for a few tourist cruisers. Strong headwind on several sections called for a low paddle technique and in some cases to practice ferrygliding to stay on heading. A nice day though. Colin will arrive here on Tue to carry out pre-trip checks before we start on Thursday at Nijmegen. I would like to publicly thank him for all the work he has done behind the scenes to get this trip on an even keel. He is a stalwart and, if I'm honest, I couldn't have planned it without his contribution so thank you Colin.
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