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Category Archives: Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Oisilly, Cussey, Piépape
Vraincourt to Auxonne. Happy to back on the Saône River.
August 12 Saturday. The first half of August has been more like October, weather-wise. It was only 14° as we headed away from Vraincourt at 9am and the temperature didn’t warm up. It felt as if we were the only … Continue reading
Posted in Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Oisilly, Cussey, Piépape, eclusiers, French Canal boating, Holiday 2017, Reneve, Speaking French
Tagged Auxonne, Balesmes Tunnel, Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Canal locks, Chaumont, Cusey, eclusiers, Langres, Piépape, Reneve, Rolampont, Saone river, Sunflowers, Vaux-sous-Aubigny, Vraincourt
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Piépape to Chaumont via the Balesmes Tunnel.
Wednesday 24th May. Today we transversed the Balesmes Tunnel, nearly 5km long, built mid 1880s, and ‘supposedly’ well lit the entire way, more on that shortly. We left Piépape early that morning, climbing 11 locks in 9kms before reaching the tunnel … Continue reading
St Jean de Losne to Piépape. Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne
Saturday May 20th. We departed our home port of St Jean de Losne after topping up our water tanks and buying a crusty baguette for lunch. The weather was very cloudy and only 12° although at least it wasn’t raining, … Continue reading