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Category Archives: Waterway life
Roanne to Clamecy: the beautiful Nivernais canal
The floods continue and we’ve had many hold-ups waiting for the waters to recede. Since Roanne we have travelled: Back down the Canal de Roanne a Digoin and along the canal lateral a la Loire to Decize which we passed … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Australia, Multiple Sclerosis, Waterway life, Waterway services, Wheelchair
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Tagged Boat services, Endellion barge, family and friends, MS, Nivernais, Paris, Travel, Waterway services, Wheelchair access
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Canal lateral a la Loire and canal de Roanne a Digoin: wheelchair repaired
We’ve had lots of glorious sunshine at last, in Roanne, but for many days of the last week we had storms with torrential rain which caused flooding in the region. Our journey since Briare (our last blog): From Briare along … Continue reading →
Canal du Loing and Canal de Briare: wheelchair plays up
We finally left the Rousseau boatyard at Moret-sur-Loing feeling content with all the work they did, even though it took a long time… and we haven’t received the bill yet! Since our last blog we have travelled: From Moret-sur-Loing to … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Multiple Sclerosis, Waterway life, Wheelchair
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Tagged Endellion barge, MS, Wheelchair access
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Paris to Moret-sur-Loing boatyard
It’s always an exciting time both entering the Port de l’Arsenal marina, coming home for winter, and then again when leaving for the season’s travels. This time was no exception; we had many hands helping with ropes to move our … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Waterway life, Waterway services
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Tagged Boat services, Endellion barge, Paris, Ship repairs, Travel, Waterway services, Wheelchair access
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London: a short trip from Paris
Another delight in spending winter in Paris is how much there is to do and see around this great city. Including taking a few hours on the train to visit London. Paris to London via Eurostar (Gare du Nord to … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Multiple Sclerosis, Waterway life, Wheelchair
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Tagged Eurostar, London, Paris
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Paris Agricultural Show: Lorenzo the Merinos de Rambouillet
Not long after our Cornish expedition, by the end of February in fact, brother Jonney and his wife Felicity came to stay with us here in Paris. They run a 16th century pub, The Cornish Arms, at Pendoggett in Cornwall, where … Continue reading →
Winter travels from our Paris base
We’ve crammed in quite a bit of travel since our last blog: by car and train. We finally made it to the UK by late-January for our postponed Christmas in Cornwall. Christophe (owner of adapted hire vehicle company http://www.ptitcar.com) came … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Waterway life
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Tagged Amiens, Cornwall, Endellion barge, Rouen, Travel, Wheelchair access
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Canal lateral a la Marne into La Marne and Paris
This was the last leg of our journey for the year taking us into Paris for our winter mooring. Once again we were late to be there. Most boats arrive at their winter mooring around 1st October, but we love … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Multiple Sclerosis, Waterway life, Waterway services, Wheelchair
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Tagged Armistice Day, Boat services, Endellion barge, MS, Paris, Ship repairs, Travel, Waterway services, Wheelchair access
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Marne au Rhin ouest – the Mauvages tunnel.
The Level Chart here tells the up and then down story of the section of our journey from Strasbourg (left of chart) to Paris (right of chart). To get up and down along the way here are the statistics: The … Continue reading →
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Tagged Endellion barge, Paris, Ship repairs, Travel, Wheelchair access
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Marne au Rhin est (east): Nancy to Strasbourg
We’re still here in Toul having our new diesel heating system installed before we head on again for Paris. These past few nights have been well below freezing here in port, thankfully we have excellent shore-line electricity so can use … Continue reading →
Posted in Accessibility, Waterway life, Waterway services
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Tagged Boat services, Endellion barge, Facts and figures, Nancy, Restaurants, Ship repairs, Strasbourg, Wheelchair access
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