Narrowboat “Sextant” By now I am sure you know how we feel about France, so you can probably see where this urge to buy a boat springs from. There are more than 6000 kilometres of canals or rivers in France, and that doesnt include the Brittany area. What...
Before I continue raving about France, let me tell your where we went geographically. We started at Joigny on the River Yonne, and headed South, or upstream. Our first overnight stop was at Migennes, where the Canal de Bourgogne flows into the Yonne. Next we stayed a...
Possibly the most enjoyable waterway holiday we have had was the trip on the Nivernaise Canal in France. The main reasons that made it so wonderful were that we were not bound to a hire boat schedule, and we discovered we ablolutely love France. As I mentioned...
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.