On the Saone – Chalon to Macon and back. Saturday 1 to Tuesday 18 July – Part 3 Macon My memories of Macon are somewhat mixed. I was somewhat prepared having read up in the waterway guide that the marina was not that close to the town, and that the town...
Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th June 2017 First thing Tuesday I commandeered a fellow boater to help me take Shangri La up through the Ecluse St Jean-de-Losne and to the H2O slipway. I am sure I could have done it alone, but discretion is always best, particularly...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne a la Saone Part 1 St Dizier – France So here we are going up again. The older maps, charts and books call this waterway the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, but somewhere along the line in their wisdom the VNF have...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Namur to Dinant Dinant – Belgium – on the River Meuse We set out quite early on the Saturday morning for the trip to Dinant. The scenery was definitely becoming more mountainous, and although it was...
2015 European waterway cruise – Belgium – Liege to Namur via Huy On the River Meuse – Belgium At Liege, the Albert Canal merges with the River Meuse. We would now stay on the Meuse until Givet at the French border, where the river becomes canalized....
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.