From the windmill village we travelled to Utrecht to rejoin the AmaVenita in bright sunshine but still a chilly wind. We sailed along the Amsterdam to Rhine Canal for a couple of hours before reaching the first of the 68 locks we will encounter on this tour. This first lock was wide enough to accommodate two ships of our size to fit alongside each other. Many of the locks to come are only 12metres wide. The AmaVenita is 11.45 metres wide, a tight squeeze!
The rise in this first lock was just over a metre and took less than 10 minutes to fill.
There was one lone duck in the lock that seemed very happy to be taking a free lift!!
