Tag Archives: Chalon sur Saone

Careful – Weekly Photo Challenge

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Sandra

Because our boat’s permanent mooring is in Pont de Vaux, we have to navigate the River Saone quite frequently to go anywhere. Over the past few years, as we’ve passed through Chalon sur Saone, we’ve admired the waterside gardens which … Continue reading →

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Chalon sur Saone, postaday, weekly photo challenge | 7 Comments

Sunday Stills: Flower Gardens

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Sandra

The Sunday Stills challenge this week was ‘Flower Gardens’. This sequence of photos has been taken as we’ve navigated the River Saone at Chalon-sur-Saone, in three different years. This kind of regimented planting isn’t everyone’s idea of a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Photography | Tagged Chalon sur Saone, flower gardens, Sunday Stills | 10 Comments

Rain, rain and more rain… Canal de Bourgogne/River Saone, May 2013

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Sandra

The only good thing about being wet is that you can’t get any wetter… and you will, in the course of time, get dry. The bad thing is that this year in France, once you’ve got dry… you just start … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cruising in France | Tagged Canal de Boulogne, Chalon sur Saone, Dijon, Ecuelles lock, flooding on the Saone, French locks, Ormes lock, Plombiere les Dijon, Pont de Vaux, Saone, Seurre lock, St Jean de Losne, Tournus | 15 Comments

Genelard (Canal du Centre) via the Saone to St Jean-de-Losne (June/July 2008)

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Sandra

Tuesday 24th June We had booked the lock-keeper for an 8.30 start, but “Lili Ann” behind us was trying to beat a deadline to moor up for the rest of the summer before setting off for a channel ferry … Continue reading →