Tag Archives: St Jean-de-Losne

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

Posted on May 29, 2018 by khodges2013

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 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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Christchurch to St Jean de Losne. This years adventure begins.

Posted on May 16, 2017 by khodges2013

Every year we are surprised by how quickly May comes around and this year is no exception and suddenly it’s time to head away on a new adventure. There is a lot of planning and saving that goes into living … Continue reading →

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Au’revoir and Kia Ora. It’s time to chase the Summer south.

Posted on October 6, 2016 by khodges2013

It’s that time of year, folks. We have only three more days in France and then homeward bound (to our other home because Silver Fern really does feel like a home now). Someone said it doesn’t feel like we had … Continue reading →

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St Jean de Losne to Seurre and Chalon sur Saône. 35°+ Phew!

Posted on August 26, 2016 by khodges2013

Thursday 25 August. As forecasted this week we are having a bit of a heatwave. Temperatures round 35° (inside and outside) and as usual very little breeze. Much as we love the St Jean de Losne marina it can get … Continue reading →

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Getting a bit of a lift. Silver Fern takes to the air.

Posted on August 24, 2016 by khodges2013

Well, it has been a while since I posted and that is because nothing hugely exciting had been happening. And I mean that in a good way. We’ve been moored up in St Jean de Losne catching up on cleaning, … Continue reading →

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Plombiére-les-Dijon to St Jean-de-Losne on the Saône river.

Posted on August 15, 2016 by khodges2013

Wednesday 10 August. Plombiére was a good mooring. No power or water available, at least where we were, which is surprising considering it’s a reasonable size. There are very dilapidated electrical points but they don’t work. The lockeeper showed up … Continue reading →

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The delicious lunch and what happened next…

Posted on May 22, 2015 by khodges2013

There is a restaurant we have heard great things about here in St Jean de Losne and today we had the opportunity to try le dejeuner (lunch) with some new friends on our pontoon. For 13€ Madam offers a choice … Continue reading →

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The arrival continues…

Posted on May 17, 2015 by khodges2013

Continuing on from my last post we arrived into St Jean de Losne on Thursday May 14. Our boat has been moved from last year’s mooring to another spot on a different pontoon, jammed beside an old barge that is … Continue reading →

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The departure…and the arrival

Posted on May 15, 2015 by khodges2013

The long journey is over and looking back it actually wasn’t too bad at all. We left Christchurch on Monday morning (11th May) at a very pleasant departure time of 10.50am.  So civilised. We flew Singapore Airlines to Singapore (approx … Continue reading →

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