To Chalon-sur-Saone and back – 11th to 17th October 2016 Part 4 – And return to St Jean-de-Losne There was a beautiful full moon over Chalon-sur-Saone on our last evening there. It was slightly sad as next day we would head back up the River Saone to St...
To Chalon-sur-Saone and back – 11th to 17th October 2016 Part 3 – Day trip to Lyon Why then take a train trip to Lyon? It’s all to do with planning the next few years on Shangri La. A while back, quite some time before we bought Shangri Lawe did a...
To Chalon-sur-Saone and back – 11th to 17th October 2016 Part 2 – On to Chalon-sur-Saone Thursday it rained all day. Fortunately we were heading downstream, and there were no locks to negotiate, so we made good speed and arrived in Chalon-sur-Saone after...
River Saone – To Chalon-sur-Saone and back – 11th to 17th October 2016 Part 1 – to Verdun-sur-le-Doubs We really have not done a lot of boating this year, mainly due to my work commitments. And we have usually wintered Shangri La by end of September,...
Last part of the trip – Dole to St Jean-de-Losne It was lovely to have our friends El and Mo an board for the next few days. El got the full lock experience, with 9 locks in one day, down the canalized part of the River Doubs. The weather was great and all locks...
Back down to St Jean-de-Losne 20th to 28th August 2016 And so we headed back down the Canal du Rhone au Rijn towards St Jean-de-Losne, 78 kms and 26 locks all over again! We wanted to break the back of the trip to Dole so planned a hard days boating, with a view to...
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.