by Patrick | May 28, 2019 | Adventures, France, Netherlands |
So here we are, well into May. Normally by now I would have done masses of route planning and have our 3 months cruising all set, as well as wintering possibilities for the end of the year. But Shangri La has a new owner and we are boatless! I am a mixture of...
by Patrick | Nov 22, 2017 | Adventures, France, Information |
Sunday 23rd July 2017 Some days are full-on boating days and this was one of them! Lots and lots of locks as well as lots of low bridges. Fortunately the weather was good – not raining, but cloudy with a comfortable temperature. Perfect as we had to have all the...
by Patrick | Aug 25, 2017 | Adventures, France, Information |
On the Saone – Chalon to Macon and back Saturday 1 to Tuesday 18 July – Part 2 Tournus Tournus (pronounced Tour-noo) was a delight! We called in there twice, on the way down to Macon and again on the way back up the Saone. The mooring was a floating jetty...
by Patrick | Jun 2, 2016 | Adventures, France |
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....
by Patrick | Feb 3, 2013 | France, Other |
View from our present house in Cape Town Belated wishes for 2013. I have been pretty quiet of late, mainly because I haven’t been doing any Waterway Wandering of any sort at all. What we HAVE been doing is selling our house in Cape Town, and buying a...