2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne au Rhin – Part 2 On the Canal de la Marne au Rhin Ligny to Bar-le-Duc. The trip down to Bar-le-Duc was relatively painless. A whole 15 kilometres with 16 locks(dropping 41 metres). Lift bridges near...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne au Rhin – Part 1 Shangri La at Ligny-en-Barrois The first part of the Canal de la Marne au Rhin was up a chain of 12 locks, through the Mauvages Tunnel, after which we started to descend again, into the...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Meuse – Last part Verdun – Canal de la Meuse Leaving Verdun, we continued along the Canal de la Meuse, overnighting at a tiny place called St-Mihiel, till we came to the junction with the Canal de la marne au...
2015 European waterway cruise – Canal de la Meuse Part 2 On the Canal de la Meuse Charleville to Verdun – This section of Canal de la Meuse was probably the most frustrating for lock related delays and problems. The 121 kms, 23 locks with a total rise of...
2015 European waterway cruise – Charleville-Mezieres Place Ducal – Charleville-Mezieres Charleville-Mezieres is probably the largest town in the Ardennes region, and we thought it a good idea to take a day out from boating and stay there 2 nights. The...
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...
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.