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Monthly Archives: June 2014
St Jean-de-Losne where the waterways meet.
We arrived here on Friday from Seurre. Initially we looked for a mooring space on the Quai by the restaurants but there wasn’t a space near to a mooring pin so we headed around into the H2o and Blanquarts marinas … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2014, Uncategorized
Tagged burgundy, canal boat, Petit Saone, Saone, St Jean-de-Losne
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Soirée á Seurre
It’s another perfect evening in Seurre. We have been incredibly lucky with the weather. And the sunsets are incredible. Behind us there’s a treed area where a spirited game of pétanque is being played out. A large barge just exited … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, France, Holiday 2014, Seurre, Seurre lock, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged burgundy, canal boat, lock keeper, Saone, Seurre, sunset
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Finally…we are back on the road again
Or in our case, river. Alan’s foot is not back to normal yet but he’s determined to head off today so after refuelling, filling up the water tanks, topping up the wifi Domino and saying au’revoir to the guys at … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, Chalon Sur Saone, France, Holiday 2014, Travel, Uncategorized, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
Tagged île de chateau, burgundy, canalboat, Chalon sur Saone, Saone, Verdun-sur-le-Doubs
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Chalon Marché, Place Saint-Vincent
Today was Alan’s first chance to see more of Chalon-Sur-Saone than what’s on view from the back deck of the boat in the Port de Plaisance. Today, dimanche, there is a big market in the Place St Vincent. Lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2014, Uncategorized
Tagged fresh flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables, Port de Plaisance
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Chalon-Sur-Saone…still here…
So we are still tied up in the marina in Chalon-Sur-Saone and I’ve got to say it’s starting to feel like home. We are positioned for maximum nosy neighbouring. Everyone has to come by us and I’m starting to turn … Continue reading
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Thunderstorms in Tournus
We left Louhans on Tuesday morning 10th June at 9.00 after a quick dash to the boulangerie by me and a thorough de-spidering of the deck by Alan and motored all the way back down the Seille river, through 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, France, Holiday 2014, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Chalon sur Saone, Ormes lock, Seille river, Tournus
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Louhan-Lundi marché. Pentecost Monday. Heat wave.
Wow. What an interesting morning we have had. The Louhans Monday market is famous for its livestock, in particular the Bresse chickens. I may have mentioned them before 😊 It turned out that today was an especially busy market as … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, France, Holiday 2014, Louhans, Louhans marché, Uncategorized
Tagged burgundy, canal boat, Louhans, Marché
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Photos while the signal is good…
I thought now would be a good time to add in some more photos while our Orange Dongal-thingy has a good signal… its over 30° today and thank goodness the wind has starting blowing as it was way too hot … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, Holiday 2014, Louhans, Travel
Tagged burgundy, Canal boating, Louhans
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Beautiful evening in Louhans
It’s a lovely evening in Louhans tonight. 9.30pm and still 25° Cant complain. I’ve been thinking about the good and the not so good about living on a canal boat. The good’s pretty obvious from the picture above. It can … Continue reading