Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne (and La Saône) 3rd to 23rd October 2024 This is one of our favourite canals, despite the 71 ascending locks and 43 descending locks over its 224km length. The first section out of Vitry-le-François is rather straight and although mostly through countryside it is not as scenic as the kilometresContinue reading “Hivernage 4 – last stage to our home port”
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On the Saône again – just for 2 days!
6th and 7th May 2024 (plus a few days prep beforehand) It was so good to be back on board early in May. The trip down was pleasant and uneventful once we were on the ferry. The UK side of the drive was held up for 40 minutes at Hindhead Tunnel, so we only justContinue reading “On the Saône again – just for 2 days!”
Out on the Saône again!
for a few days June 5th – 9th 2023 A quick explanation to those who who not know why our cruising has started several weeks later than planned …. at the start of April I broke my ankle. Even with the excellent treatment from the French health service it has obviously taken a few weeksContinue reading “Out on the Saône again!”
SW on the Rhone au Rhin
part 2 – Mulhouse to Saint-Jean-de-Losne including a tiny bit of La Saône 10th to 22nd September 2022 Saturday was rather another rather long, and initially wet, day, travelling from Mulhouse to Dannemarie. For this section of the canal we had to have an éclusier with us, although the stretch is being automated and withinContinue reading “SW on the Rhone au Rhin”
5 days and 4 nights on la Saône
August 21st to 25th We liked the Saône. It is generally a pretty river and in the southern part there are plenty of places to moor – not so many after Tournus for a biggish barge like Calliope. It would have been easy to spend far longer on the river, exploring towns and villages, butContinue reading “5 days and 4 nights on la Saône”
La Saône – a big river with big mood swings
I’d lke to just preface this section by saying ‘yes, the river did change from blue to grey/green and back again, many times. It’s not just my photography!’ 7 days in early June 2016 Setting off At last, after all the floods and dangerous currents, the rivers were on ‘green – passable with particularContinue reading “La Saône – a big river with big mood swings”
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