Tag Archives: Auxonne

Auxonne, Pontailler-sur-Saône, Mantoche and Gray. Stormy weather.

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

Auxonne is a great spot for a few days. The Port Royale has very nice moorings but quite pricey. For us €14 per night. There is a large military presence here (Napoleon did his training here back in the day) … Continue reading →

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St Jean de Losne to Auxonne. The sun came out.

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

So we’ve been in our home port of St-Jean-de-Losne for two weeks now and we were planning on heading out on our next adventure today but although we finally have our water pump issue sorted at long last (am I … Continue reading →

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Auxonne, Dole & Rochefort. Heatwaves and thunderstorms. 

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

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

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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St Jean de Losne to Piépape. Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

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 →

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Plans A through D…

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

Here we are, moored at Vincelles on the Canal du Nivernais. We were not planning on being on this canal. In fact plan A was to head down the Canal de Bourgogne towards our winter mooring in St Jean de … Continue reading →

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I hear Wedding Bells in Auxonne

Posted on July 5, 2014 by

It’s Saturday, July 5th, and there are two weddings posted on the doors outside the Auxonne’s Church of Notre Dame. The wedding bells rang just before three and again at four thirty. We saw some of the guests or perhaps … Continue reading →

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A hot evening in Auxonne

Posted on July 3, 2014 by

I’m not complaining! It’s just really hot and there’s no breeze. Yes I know, poor me 🙂 We cruised up from our wild mooring on the Saône this morning. And we got caught out in the lock heading into Auxonne. … Continue reading →

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