Hivernage 4 – last stage to our home port

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”

Down the 71 locks on the Marne side

of the Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne 12th to 29th May 2024 [It took more than 3 times as long to go down the Marne side of this canal as going up the Saône side. Consequently this blog post is rather long and you might want to read it in chunks rather than all atContinue reading “Down the 71 locks on the Marne side”