The Leie, the Schelde, and the Canal Bossuit-Kortrijk August 8th to 17th 2024 It had been an interesting summer, cruising north from Saint-Jean-de-Losne in France to Diksmuide in northern Belgium in order to get our hull repainted, followed by a two week holiday by the sea at Nieuwpoort. Now we had come about 75kms southContinue reading “Belgian Family Fun on Calliope”
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Crossing Belgium SW to NE – part 1
Namur to Gent 22 June to 1st July 2024 Calliope began the summer in France, down on the Saone at Saint-Jean-de-Losne, and we were taking her on a special trip to Belgium for her five-yearly hull repainting. Following recommendations from lots of people we had booked her in at Buitenbeentje in Diksmuide; we needed toContinue reading “Crossing Belgium SW to NE – part 1”
Short Trip on the Scheldt
(Actually the Haut Escaut; we are in Wallonia!) From Bossuit, at the end of the canal from Kortrijk, it is not far to Peronnes where we were to join the Nimy-Blaton- Peronnes canal – just 27 kilometres. Nonetheless, in our new sedate gentle mindset we took a break of two nights along the way atContinue reading “Short Trip on the Scheldt”
The Longer Way Home
Tournai to Kortrijk, via Gent 24th September to 5th October 2021 plus a week in Kortrijk We were sad to be losing our visitor Hugh, but taxi companies at the next places up the river were less than co-operative, and with his luggage Hugh was not keen on using a series of buses to getContinue reading “The Longer Way Home”
Visitors aboard for our last days in France in 2021!
With family and friends in North East France and Western Belgium 14th to 24th September 2021 We were at Corbehem, just inside Le Scarpe Superieure, which goes on to Arras, with a plan of a slow cruise to Lille; there we would meet with son and partner who were arriving by Eurostar for a shortContinue reading “Visitors aboard for our last days in France in 2021!”
Late Summer in Belgium – part 2
The voyage to meet Mieke and Frans Canal Bossuit-Kortrijk, L’Escaut and Canal de L’Espierres 5 – 14 August 2021 (Think I have included far too many photos! Apologies, but hope you enjoy them) Here we go at last! After 9 months of Covid- delay in the UK, and then quarantine in Kortrijk when we returnedContinue reading “Late Summer in Belgium – part 2”
Moving on to Kortrijk- along the Upper Scheldt and Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk
10 – 12 July 2019 I am going to try to bring brevity into this edition. It is after all only 3 days long. At 7.40am we turned into the Upper Scheldt, known as the Haut Escaut at its other end in France. We had been surprised at 6.30am to find we were going downContinue reading “Moving on to Kortrijk- along the Upper Scheldt and Kanaal Bossuit-Kortrijk”
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