Before getting into the planning for 2017, I thought I would have a quick look back at our 2016 cruising, and how different it was to 2015. Last year we did only 2 short trips, one up the Canal du Rhone au Rijn to Besancon and back to St Jean-de-Losne, and another...
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...
Part 2 – St Vit to Besancon Tuesday 16th August Locks on Canal du Rhone au Rijn We wanted to get to Besancon not too late in the day, so made an early start – or as early as the locks open which on this canal is 08.30 am. It was also a pleasure boating...
Part 1 – Dole to St Vit Monday 15 August 2016 The canal du Rhone au Rijn The Canal du Rhone au Rijn, as it’s name suggests, connects the Rhine in Germany to the Saone and thus eventually to the Rhone in France. It follows the valley of the Doubs River and...
August 2016 – Time out in Dole We spent three nights and two days in Dole. The first evening we located the tourist office where we got the usual city map, as well as the walking tour. Most French towns have a self guided walking tour marked out on the street by...
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.