Category Archives: Waterway life

Roanne to Clamecy: the beautiful Nivernais canal

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Canal lateral a la Loire and canal de Roanne a Digoin: wheelchair repaired

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Canal du Loing and Canal de Briare: wheelchair plays up

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Paris to Moret-sur-Loing boatyard

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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London: a short trip from Paris

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Paris Agricultural Show: Lorenzo the Merinos de Rambouillet

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Winter travels from our Paris base

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Canal lateral a la Marne into La Marne and Paris

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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Marne au Rhin ouest – the Mauvages tunnel.

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Lesley and Stewart

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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Marne au Rhin est (east): Nancy to Strasbourg

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Lesley and Stewart

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 →

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