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...
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....
2015 European Waterway cruise – planning update Shangri La at mooring in Zwartsluis again Time flies! Just over a month to go and we should be starting the southbound trip to St-Jean-de-Losne. When I left Zwartsluis a while ago, Shangri-La was back in the water,...
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.