Blog Stats
- 24,899 hits
Archives
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- March 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- January 2015
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
Calendar
January 2021 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Follow canalboatdreaming on WordPress.com
Top Clicks
- None
Category Archives: Holiday 2013
Standby at Abu Dhabi airport. Terminal 1A
We are on the 2nd to last leg of our 2013 holiday. We have been in Dubai for a few days, flying in on Sunday night. Today we had a freebie helicopter flight over Dubai (thanks Wax) followed by lunch … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
Leave a comment
Stats from 2013 canal boat trip
Day 1: Departed 3pm St Florentin to Esnon 12 kms 5 locks Canal de Borgogne Day 2: Esnon to Auxerre 28kms 13 locks Canal de Borgogne and Yonne River Day 3: Auxerre (rained all day) Day 4: Auxerre to Bailly … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, France, Holiday 2013
2 Comments
Last night on the French canals
Friday 30th August Joigny-St Florentin Joigny is a lovely town and one of the highlights of this years canal trip. Alan got up early this morning and went over to bridge to the lovely boulangerie we found yesterday. He came … Continue reading
Posted in Canal boat, France, Holiday 2013
3 Comments
Gurgy to Joigny
Thursday 26th August We got up this morning in Gurgy and had baguette and confiture (jam) with coffee for breakfast and started our trip to Joigny. We spent the day travelling in unison with the English family as they were … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
Leave a comment
Bailly to Vincelles to Gurgy
Thursday 26th August, Gurgy Yesterday we got up reasonably early and presented ourselves at the first lock going into Vincelles as we knew there was a Wednesday market on. Unfortunately the lockeeper wasn’t so punctual. He was nowhere to be … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
2 Comments
Auxerre to Bailly
Almost as soon as I hit ‘publish’ on last night’s blog it started to rain again. It stopped this morning for a while during which we visited a wonderful boulangerie in Auxerre, had some breakfast and a hot shower at … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
2 Comments
Auxerre to St Florentin and boat pick up, then on to Esnon and finally Auxerre.
Saturday 24th August Last night we had a refreshing beer across the road from our hotel and wandered around the old town, stopping to walk through 2 cathedrals, Abbaye St Germain and St Etienne Cathedral which were both beautiful and … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
2 Comments
Sad to leave Dole
Friday 23rd August Dole is an amazing little town and one will definitely be coming back to. We were lucky enough that the pub across the road from our Hotel had an incredible duet playing. These guys were both very … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
2 Comments
Dole
Thursday 22nd August This morning we checked out of our Auberge and drive around to the marina to talk to the guy in charge of selling ex-rental boats for Le Boat, a large worldwide hire boat company. After every summer … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday 2013
2 Comments