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....
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 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...
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.