2015 European waterway cruise – Canal de la Meuse – Part 1 France – Canal de la Meuse We were now in rural France proper! The canal and locks were much narrower, with no commercial traffic. The scenery was brilliant but we started the serious climb...
2015 European waterway cruise – Finally into France On the River Meuse The trip from Dinant to Givet was only 23 kms with 4 lock, with a total rise of 10.2 metres. The first three, Anseremme, Waulsort and Hastiere were in Belgium while the last, Les Quatre...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Namur to Dinant Dinant – Belgium – on the River Meuse We set out quite early on the Saturday morning for the trip to Dinant. The scenery was definitely becoming more mountainous, and although it was...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Liege to Namur via Huy On the River Meuse – Belgium At Liege, the Albert Canal merges with the River Meuse. We would now stay on the Meuse until Givet at the French border, where the river becomes canalized....
Port des Yachts – Liege At the end of my last post, we arrived quite late, around 17.15 hrs, at Port des Yachts in Liege with the rain bucketing down. The marina, which sounded quite good from the guides, was not particularly welcoming. Not many passing...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.