Category Archives: History

Strange but true: the King of Patagonia from Reims

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

We’re now in the Champagne capital of the world: Reims. This is the third major ‘R’ in our 2013 travels. We started with Roanne in the Loire region (232 kms south of Paris) arriving there in April. Then to Rouen … Continue reading →

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Up the River Seine onto the River Oise

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

We have all sorts of adventures and experiences to recount but time slips away and much of it, as is often the case, will have to stay in our personal diary and heads. But through a combined effort here’s an … Continue reading →

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Canberra to Lelystad: Back to the ’60s in our 60s

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Lesley and Stewart

The work on Endellion was finally completed and we headed off for the long trip south back to Paris.  In total we have just over 2000 kilometres to cruise before we reach Paris, but as we are not anticipating being … Continue reading →

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The River Oise and along the St Quentin Canal

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Lesley and Stewart

The 2012 journey so far: Paris to Compiegne using the Rivers Seine and Oise: 173 kms, 22 locks. A brief diversion along l’Aisne for the Armistice Clearing: five kilometres off the Oise, no locks. Compiegne to St Quentin via Pont … Continue reading →

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Lille to Paris Stage 1: Armistice Day

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Lesley and Stewart

On board again after a fortnight in Cornwall and at Saint Endellion for the big wedding of Ben and Nicola, to take “Endellion” (the barge) south from Wambrechies (near Lille) to Paris, with a side-trip to Arras for Armistice Day. … Continue reading →

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July journey into the Netherlands: a story of old relics.

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Lesley and Stewart

The Netherlands approached, arrived, disappeared then suddenly we were back again! Since our last blog we have cruised 220 kilometres further north, now at Weesp, just south of Amsterdam. This took us from Wallonia (French-speaking) Belgium (at Liege) into the Netherlands … Continue reading →

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River Meuse: Ancient churches, lavoirs, history and people

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Lesley and Stewart

Somewhere recently we read on the Blog of another bargee, that he was a bit frustrated as his photo album seemed “all early morning shots and photos of ancient churches”. We know (sort of) what he means, but we’re lucky in that … Continue reading →

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Paris in February: Birthdays and other special gatherings

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Lesley and Stewart

New Year seems many months behind us although we have only  ‘lost’ 54 days of 2011 so far .. seems to be flying by! And hardly lost as the memories will stay with us for years to come because of … Continue reading →

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Out and about in Paris .. La Manifestation (the demonstration)

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Lesley and Stewart

As mentioned in my previous blog we have been very interested in the ‘manifestations’ across France. Last weekend on Saturday 6th November I followed the big organised event starting at the Bastille next to our marina. The Bastille has been … Continue reading →

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Out and about in Paris .. our social life

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Lesley and Stewart

It’s now two weeks and a bit since we arrived at the Arsenal Marina which is between Place de la Bastille and the River Seine, in Paris. We are in 4th arrondissement (district) bordering 11th, 12th and 3rd .. for those familiar … Continue reading →

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