A quiet port of call

Camping spot on the Punt: note water left and right

 So in Gorinchem there's this sort of camping place for camper-vans at the "Punt" (the "Point"). We see the camper-vans entering the city center, making their way via Tom-tom through the busiest, one-way traffic and totally ignoring the exhortations of the local camper-spot people to take a better route via the easterly entrance to the town.

During the winter months things have obviously been quieter, not just because of the weather, but also because half of the camper-van spots have been occupied by out-of-water boats on the hard. Even though the temperatures are bitter, hardy camper-vanners are back on the road, and today there were 7 of them shrivelling it out there. 

I felt so sorry for them this morning. On-line it looks like a kick-ass location: close to the historic town center but situated on a promontary surrounded by water. The reality at 11 o'clock Saturday was: a container ship was moored next door for repairs (resounding metallic banging from hammering rivets), Mercon was in full swing across the harbour (screaming metal-saws) and the Beastie Eastie was howling through the rigging of the nearby moored sailing boats. 

A restful awakening it most certainly was NOT.

The poor camper-vans are behind the container-ship. Mercon is on the right, on the other side of the harbour and the pleasure-boat harbour with the wind screaming through the rigging is to the left.