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...
Canal du Rhone au Rijn – St Jean-de-Losne to Dole – Friday 12th August Finally, we left St. Jean-de-Losne and on our way. After a leisurely start to the day, we left the H2O marina around 10.00 am. Compared to when I was here a couple of months ago, during...
Shangri La back in water at St Jean-de-Losne Shangri La in the water again – I like it when a plan comes together! Back from my 2 week stint in St Jean-de-Losne, and Shangri La is back in the water, sporting her new underwater coating, and a brand new generator....
Boats at St Jean-de-Losne Hurry up and wait! The tenet of a mariner’s existence I seem to be doing a lot of that lately – hanging around St Jean-de-Losne, waiting for the weather or something to happen. Fast flowing River Saone! The weather...
Start of the 2016 European Waterway Cruising Season Lock at St Jean-de-Losne Well here I am, beginning of June, in a rather chilly and rainy St Jean-de-Losne! It has been a strange year so far – my work contract fraught with delays to it’s start time....
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.