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 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...
2015 European Waterway cruise – planning update Shangri La at mooring in Zwartsluis again Time flies! Just over a month to go and we should be starting the southbound trip to St-Jean-de-Losne. When I left Zwartsluis a while ago, Shangri-La was back in the water,...
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.