2015 European waterway trip – St Jean-de-Losne – End of the trip Saone River near St Jean-de-Losne After a short easy passage with only one lock, we arrived at St Jean about 12.30. We headed straight for the H2O marina but it was such a tight harbour, the...
2015 European waterway trip – Canal de la Marne a la Saone – Last part On the Canal de la Marne a la Saone We left Langres nice and early, right behind a French boat. Arriving at the first lock, nothing happened. We could see the French lady in the boat...
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 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...
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.