Category Archives: Holiday 2017

Back to the Southern Hemisphere!

Posted on October 26, 2017 by khodges2013

Home again! We’ve been back in New Zealand a few weeks now and the weather is starting to look more like spring after some quite wintery temperatures. Personally I love the coolness and we are enjoying all that the Garden … Continue reading →

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Auxonne, Dole & Rochefort. Heatwaves and thunderstorms. 

Posted on September 1, 2017 by khodges2013

August 24 Thursday Daughter Georgie and her partner Chris arrived to visit us, travelling from Santorini to Auxonne via most modes of transport known to man including planes trains and automobiles. They arrived to a bit of a heatwave here … Continue reading →

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Vraincourt to Auxonne. Happy to back on the Saône River. 

Posted on August 23, 2017 by khodges2013

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 →

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Chalons-en-Champagne to Vraincourt. Farewell to vineyards.

Posted on August 11, 2017 by khodges2013

July 27-August 5, Chalons-en-Champagne. As I mentioned in my last post the Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne had a bridge closure, stopping all traffic for about 10 days and so we tied up on one of the pontoons in Chalons … Continue reading →

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Mareuil sur Ay to Chalons en Champagne via Reims. 

Posted on August 2, 2017 by khodges2013

Saturday July 22nd. It was a long day. We departed Mareuil-sur-Ay early, 8am, in convoy with the Australian boat Le Piglet. We were both heading up the Canal de l’Aisne à la Marne to Sillary. Along this shortish canal the … Continue reading →

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La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre to Mareuil-sur-Ay via Epernay, revisited. 

Posted on July 21, 2017 by khodges2013

Saturday July 15. We departed La Ferté-sous-Jouarre at 8am. It was a pleasant day for cruising, warm but not too hot. We had a couple of locks that weren’t working, the first one of the day and the last. Both … Continue reading →

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Paris, au revoir. The return up the Marne. 

Posted on July 17, 2017 by khodges2013

Friday July 7th. Paris. We were loving being in the heart of Paris and sharing it with family. Alan and Georgie took a hop-on hop-off Batobus boat, checking out the sights along the Seine and in the evening we caught … Continue reading →

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Lagny-sur-Marne to Paris. We made it!

Posted on July 7, 2017 by khodges2013
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La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre to Lagny-sur-Marne. 

Posted on July 2, 2017 by khodges2013
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Cumières to La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre. Vineyards and heatwaves. 

Posted on June 24, 2017 by khodges2013

Monday June 19. Cumières was an excellent stop for us. The beautiful wine village of Hautvillier a highlight of the season so far. But it was time to move on so we cast off and headed downstream. The engine water … Continue reading →

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