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Category Archives: Holiday 2017
Back to the Southern Hemisphere!
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
Auxonne, Dole & Rochefort. Heatwaves and thunderstorms.
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
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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Chalons-en-Champagne to Vraincourt. Farewell to vineyards.
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
Posted in Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Chalons-en-Champagne, Chamouilly, France, French Canal boating, Holiday 2017, Joinville, Marne, Marne River, Orconte, Speaking French, weed eater, Wifi in France
Tagged Canal boating, Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Chalons-en-Champagne, Chamouilly, Donjeux, France, Joinville, Marne River, Orconte, St-Dizier, Vraincourt
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Mareuil sur Ay to Chalons en Champagne via Reims.
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
Posted in Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Canal Lateral à la Marne, Chalons-en-Champagne, France, French Canal boating, French markets, Holiday 2017, Marne, Marne River
Tagged Chalons-en-Champagne, Mareuil-sur-Ay, Musée de la Reddition, Palais du Tau, Reims, Reims cathedral, Sillery
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La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre to Mareuil-sur-Ay via Epernay, revisited.
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
Paris, au revoir. The return up the Marne.
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
La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre to Lagny-sur-Marne.
Posted in Coypu, French Canal boating, French fauna, French markets, Holiday 2017, Marne, Meaux
Tagged Canal boating, Coypu, French canals, French marché, Lagny-sur-Marne, Marne River, Meaux
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Cumières to La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre. Vineyards and heatwaves.
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
Posted in French Canal boating, Holiday 2017
Tagged canal boat, Chateau Thierry, Dormans, La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
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