After leaving Haren we made our way south on the Dortmund Ems Canal. A nice stretch of waterways, back with the huge locks and the big commercials easy cruising. A stop in Lingen for 2 nights , a chance to stock up on supplies and have a day off. Lingen a newish city, must have sustained substantial damage in WW 2 as little evidence of old building, just a few from 1600's that had been rebuilt in 1948. Now Lingen has big power stations and steel works.
Next nights stop was Rheine, a 3 km cycle into town from where we were moored at the lock. Rheine also looking fairly modern however did have the most spectacular church with amazing stone work. How it escaped damage in WW2 is a miracle.
This morning we set off , only 2 more locks on the Dortmund Ems Kanal then a sharp turn left and we were on the Mittellandkanalen!!!
Goodbye Dortmund Ems Kanal
Hello Mittellandkanalen
180 km to the next lock!! we are heading directly east. Construction of this canal was begun in 1906, and finished about 1933 and forms an important link in the German waterways system.
Next nights stop was Rheine, a 3 km cycle into town from where we were moored at the lock. Rheine also looking fairly modern however did have the most spectacular church with amazing stone work. How it escaped damage in WW2 is a miracle.
This morning we set off , only 2 more locks on the Dortmund Ems Kanal then a sharp turn left and we were on the Mittellandkanalen!!!
Goodbye Dortmund Ems Kanal
Hello Mittellandkanalen 180 km to the next lock!! we are heading directly east. Construction of this canal was begun in 1906, and finished about 1933 and forms an important link in the German waterways system.
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