Map showing Canal de Nivernaise area Back to the French recollections. I have been somewhat pre-occupied with buying Shangri-La, as you may have noticed. This is part 5 of some recollections of our canal boat holiday on the Canal de Nivernaise in 2008. I think...
Our boat Bouccanier at Joigny in France In 2008 Karen and I spent nearly a month on a boat in France, cruising on the River Yonne and Nivernaise Canal. This was our first trip to France. We thoroughly enjoyed it, and afterwards, we were hooked – both on...
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.