2015 European waterway trip – St Jean-de-Losne – End of the trip Saone River near St Jean-de-Losne After a short easy passage with only one lock, we arrived at St Jean about 12.30. We headed straight for the H2O marina but it was such a tight harbour, the...
2015 European waterway trip – On the Saone River On the Saone River Leaving the Canal de la Marne a la Soane, and entering the Saone was a milestone and a great relief. We were now a handful of locks and about 40 odd kms from our end point at St Jean-de-Losne,...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne a la Saone – Last part On the Canal de la Marne a la Saone We left Langres nice and early, right behind a French boat. Arriving at the first lock, nothing happened. We could see the French lady in the boat...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne a la Saone Part 2 Canal de la Marne a la Saone Still ascending (locking up) on the Canal de la Marne a la Saone (Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne) This part of the trip is a little bit of a blur, as we were a bit...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne a la Saone Part 1 St Dizier – France So here we are going up again. The older maps, charts and books call this waterway the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, but somewhere along the line in their wisdom the VNF have...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne au Rhin – Part 3 Wild stop near Pargny Bar-le-Duc to Vitry-le-Francois. This last section of the canal we did in 2 days, with an overnight wild stop just outside a tiny place called Pargny sur Saulx....
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.