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Sunday Stills: On the Water
An easy enough challenge for me. Probably too easy… so I dispensed with the endless collection of hotel boats and commercial vessels that we encounter all the time, even though I couldn’t resist the odd swan or two. And a … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Castelsarrasin, Coypu, detritus, duckhouse, Sunday Stills, swans, water
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Autumn Cruise, 2011 Pt 1: Castelnaudary to Grau d’Agde
Monday 15th August Arrived in Castelnaudary around 2.15pm, having overnighted at Dreux, and were surprised to see that there were very few boats moored in the port. Today was a public holiday, Assumption Day, not to mention August being … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising in France
Tagged Agde Round Lock, Allemand, Anjodi, Beziers, Bram, Canal du Midi, Canal du Robine, Capestang, Capestang Bridge, Carcassonne, Chancre Colere, Colombieres, Coypu, cruising in France, Fonfiles, Fonserans, Fresquel locks, Grau d'Agde, Homps, L'Herault, La Redort, Lili Ann, Marseillette, Nutria, Plane Trees, Poilhes, Puicheric, Trebes Locks, Villeneuve
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Monsieur Ragondin (Every Day Poets, March 2011)
Pray tell me, Monsieur Ragondin how hard it is to be the target of revulsion and such harsh antipathy. There was a time you valued us and farmed us for our fur. We kept your foolish women warm, you cared … Continue reading
Carcassonne – Narbonne – Carcassonne, April/May 2009
The boat had wintered safely at Carcassonne, a medieval city in the south west of France, whilst we had wintered in Javea, in the Valencian region of Spain. The people of Carcassonne do not appear typically French though, more a … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising in France
Tagged Canal du Robine, Capestang, Coypu, Narbonne, Puicheric, River Aude, Ventenac
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