Tag Archives: Canal du Nivernais

Lockside: Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge

Posted on December 21, 2014 by

There are many different types of lock-keeper in France.  At one end of the spectrum we have one who regards it purely and simply as a job; he or she probably doesn’t live in one of the lock-side cottages, and … Continue reading →

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Auxerre – Canal de Bourgogne – Saone to Pont de Vaux, May/June 2014

Posted on June 18, 2014 by

Monday 26 May We’d had a nice weekend at Auxerre, after coming down from the Nivernais. The weather had been mixed, hot and sunny, heavy showers. The moorings on the capitainerie side are expensive, (22 euros for a boat our … Continue reading →

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The Canal du Nivernais (May 2014)

Posted on June 10, 2014 by

Sunday 27 April We arrived at Pont de Vaux at 6.00pm, having taken the Channel Tunnel route again as opposed to the ferry. The boat was fine, dry and warm. Lots of spiders’ webs everywhere, but I only came across … Continue reading →

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