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Correction to previous post regarding the Commonwealth war graves on Le Bussiére

Posted on August 11, 2016 by khodges2013

In my last post I mentioned the Commonwealth War Grave we visited in La Bussiére. The information I had was that the aircraft shot down was a Lancaster Bomber but was in fact a Sterling bomber. If you are interested … Continue reading →

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Montbard to Pouillenay. The start of the staircase locks.

Posted on July 29, 2016 by khodges2013

Monday July 25. The weather was warm but a bit cloudy, perfect weather for our 9 locks and 13kms journey. We were up and ready to go by 8.45 so headed into our first lock of the day and were … Continue reading →

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Montbard and the Abbey de Fontenay

Posted on July 28, 2016 by khodges2013

Montbard is such a lovely town we decided to stay for a while. Wednesday was spent in Dijon (see my last post for that saga) and so on Thursday we took a taxi (called for us by the Tourist Info … Continue reading →

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Raviéres to Montbard. Beautiful countryside.

Posted on July 26, 2016 by khodges2013

Raviéres is a village with a very old church, beautiful houses and a grocery store. There is a boulangerie but it looked like it had been closed for a while. I asked a passerby if there was a boulangerie. Of … Continue reading →

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Tonnerre to Tanlay. The impressive Fosse Dionne!

Posted on July 20, 2016 by khodges2013

Tonnerre is about 1.2km away from the mooring and has interesting buildings and plenty of history. According to the Heritage pamphlet from the tourist office the first inhabitants settled on the plateau Montbellant for safety (the hill side area was … Continue reading →

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St-Florentin to Tonnerre and a spot of gate-crashing…

Posted on July 15, 2016 by khodges2013

Well! So much for Allez les Bleus. We were heading to a bar in St Florentin to watch France play Portugal in the Euro Football finals. Somehow we ended up inviting ourselves (Martin, I’m looking at you) into the local … Continue reading →

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Brienon-sur-Armançon to St-Florentin

Posted on July 13, 2016 by khodges2013

Saturday July 9th dawned another beautiful day. We still had power at our Brienon-sur-Armançon mooring until late morning when a woman came around and turned it off again. Guess she wanted another €10. But we headed off to St Florentin. … Continue reading →

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Migennes covered market…

Posted on July 12, 2016 by khodges2013

The weekly markets are one of my favourite things about France and we are so lucky to be able to visit lots of different markets while we cruise the canals on our boat, Silver Fern. Here are some pictures I … Continue reading →

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Gurgy, Migennes and Brienon-sur-Armançon

Posted on July 11, 2016 by khodges2013

Up, breakfast and we are off. Gurgy was great. Nice new wooden quay with power at €5 for 12 hours if you want it. Lovely village with boulangerie The weather was pretty good, alternating between sun and cloud. There’s a … Continue reading →

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Auxerre to Gurgy. The Yonne river.

Posted on July 5, 2016 by khodges2013

Today is the day. We have been in Auxerre for three weeks and its been great, especially the jazz bands we have seen at Cantinallegra on the quay opposite us. But we are finally heading off. The water and diesel … Continue reading →

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