Monthly Archives: Sep 2012

Middle of nowhere – Cry-sur-Armancon, and the Italian Rope-Coilers

Posted on 27/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

Our last full day on the canal would certainly be an eventful one. Allessandro would meet a few lock doors up close and personal, a delightful local meal of steak tartar, crab, wine and proper steak and an Italian rope … Continue reading →

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Pacy

Posted on 27/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

The day after Tonnerre was a biggie. We were still behind schedule and faced more than 20km up the canal to a small town called Pacy-sur-Armancon. And thirteen locks! Eeek. In practise, this was pretty simple, notwithstanding the lock-keepers having … Continue reading →

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The town of Tonnerre

Posted on 27/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

The morning we woke up in Flogny-la-Chappelle saw us a bit behind schedule, and our aim was to make it to Tonnerre that day, and this was done with little effort and we arrived a little after lunch. It was … Continue reading →

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Boating, boating, boating

Posted on 27/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

Further boating formalities included more money, lots of paperwork and a boat introduction by a fun French fellow (we’re sure his name was Pierre. Or Armand perhaps. Or Eric even) that showed us our boat. Turns out the previous boating … Continue reading →

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Saint Florentin to Flogny-la-Chappelle

Posted on 27/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

A luggage no-show in Saint Florentin meant that we could get a good look at the town and experience it very well. We hadn’t gotten into any towns up to that point and this one turned out lovely. Seems that … Continue reading →

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France – the land of milk and honey, cheese and ham and bread

Posted on 12/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

With the first day over, the second started where the first ended – food. This time, it was disguised as petit de jeuner, or breakfast. The cheese, meats, yogurt and bread were all a fiendish plot to slow us down. … Continue reading →

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Joigny

Posted on 11/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

Rural France has a charm like no place I have ever been. It’s slow, it’s peaceful and just fantastically beautiful. Joigny has this in bucketloads. It’s just amazing. We’d booked into le Rive Gauche, a hotel on the River Yonne, … Continue reading →

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A journey to places known, with luggage unknown

Posted on 11/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

I have travelled via Frankfurt on many occasions on my way to Greenland for business, it being a major routing hub in Europe. Each time I have visited, I have remarked on how little I like it, so while the … Continue reading →

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Getting Stocked. Getting a duty-free wardrobe.

Posted on 11/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

So, with no luggage and little possibility of getting it any time soon, I was faced with one of the following scenarios: spend a week on a barge with the clothes I was wearing and the spare part of underpants … Continue reading →

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Barging in France – a traveling adventure

Posted on 11/09/2012 by Trevor Ives

It began many many months ago – Leslie would join Chris on a business trip to London, Germany and Paris. Cris and I would meet them in Paris and we’d do a canal barging trip. Time passed, plans were made … Continue reading →

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