Category Archives: Cruising in France

Desormais – The Swan Song (June, 2018)

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Sandra

The first post on the Cruising in France section of this website starts with the words “This is where it all began”. And now, this is where it all ends. This is Desormais earlier this week, awaiting the arrival of … Continue reading →

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Taking Leave of the French – July 2017

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Sandra

Taking Leave of the French… It’s nine glorious years since I first started posting trip reports about our cruising activities in France, and now, sadly, this log is coming to an end.  It’s fitting, I guess, that the last report … Continue reading →

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La Petite Saone – June 2015

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Sandra

Wednesday 3rd June, we left Corre at the end of the Canal des Vosges and dropped down onto La Petite Saone. A series of automated locks were ready for us, as we cruised through quiet, meandering stretches of river interspersed … Continue reading →

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Canal des Vosges – May/June 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Sandra

26th of May, and if the previous couple of days’ boating had been the first we’d ever had, I’d have missed out on several happy years of boating, as you’d never have got me on the water again. But now, … Continue reading →

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Canal Marne au Rhin (Ouest) May 2015

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Sandra

Leaving the Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne on 19th May, we had to wait as a big commercial exited the lock, which came as something of a surprise – we’d not anticipated that this was a hugely busy commercial route. … Continue reading →

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Canal Champagne et Bourgogne (Canal de l’Est), May 2015

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Sandra

Setting out on 30th April, we’d stopped at Gigny and Gergy on the way up the Saone before having to take haven at Seurre for five days because of serious flooding right through the waterways of France (see https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2015/05/04/water-water-everywhere/).  Seurre … Continue reading →

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Water, water… everywhere

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Sandra

Twenty four hours of solid, heavy rainfall, has been followed by two days of persistent heavy showers. La Saone, from Auxonne to Lyon, and Le Rhone from Lyon down to Avignon is under yellow alert. Le Rhone has been closed … Continue reading →

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A Quick Trip South, September 2014

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sandra

Although we’ve navigated the Rhone on two occasions, (more detailed reports at The Saone Rhone and onto the Canal du Midi September 2008 and Crossing L’Etang and Navigating the Rhone to Lyon, September 2011 ) we were looking forward to … Continue reading →

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An Inappropriate Noise – September 2014

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Sandra

It’s 29 deg C, not a cloud in the sky and would be unbearable were it not for a slight sea breeze, stirring up the dust on the messy boat-yard floor, sending columns of iron filings skittering here and there. … Continue reading →

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Messing About on the River (July 2014)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Sandra

It’s nice to chill out for a change…  When we go to the boat we always seem to be in something of a rush. Maybe it’s because after leaving port at Pont de Vaux we have a fairly long stretch … Continue reading →

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