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Sunday Stills: Entrances and Gateways
The approach to the Pouilly Tunnel seems innocuous enough; only when you’ve actually entered it do you find that long stretches are unlit. This first journey through the tunnel took us almost an hour. That’s a long time to hang … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged cruising in France, Le Guetin locks, locks, Plombieres les Dijons, Pouilly tunnel, tunnels
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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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Canal du Midi, Capestang to Carcassonne (October 2008)
Sunday 12th October Moored just outside Capestang, we were up early to watch the Japanese Formula 1, like 6.00am! The morning started dull and cloudy, and then brightened for a very short period. At lunchtime it became greyer and … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising in France
Tagged Canal du Midi, Capestang, Capestang Bridge, Carcassonne, Carcassonne basin, cruising in France, Homps, Trebes
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Baume Les Dames via the Rhone Au Rhine/Doubs and to Auxonne via the Saone (July/August 2008)
Tuesday 22nd July. We had arranged that the workshop at H20 St Jean de Losne, (where we had left the boat in June) would take the boat from its moorings, through the lock and up to the quayside by the … Continue reading
Genelard (Canal du Centre) via the Saone to St Jean-de-Losne (June/July 2008)
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
Canal du Loing, via the Yonne and Seine, May 2008
The river was running fast again when we returned from Spain, and after a couple of days when the level had reduced slightly, we set off on our boat journey, encountering our first French lock within the first 15 minutes. … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising in France
Tagged cruising in France, Sens, sloping side locks, Villeneuve
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