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Tombstone cats

Posted on 16/11/2014 by Trevor Ives

Cimetière de Montmartre, or the cemetery in Montmatre is well known for it’s resting place of many famous people from French history. And Jim Morrison. But, lurking the rows and rows of crypts are cats of all shapes, colours and … Continue reading →

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Napoleon’s resting place

Posted on 15/11/2014 by Trevor Ives

Les INvalides officially known as L’Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids). It’s a short walk from the Eiffel Tower and is the resting place of Napoleon. It’s a remarkable place and one gets the sense of what the … Continue reading →

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Kata Noi – sunset splendour

Posted on 03/09/2014 by Trevor Ives

Kata Noi is situated right at the very south western tip of Phuket. We chose the western side of Phuket thinking it’d be far more user friendly to have sundowners while watching a sunset than getting up at the crack … Continue reading →

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Day at the beach

Posted on 04/08/2014 by Trevor Ives

Paternoster (Our Father in various Latin-based languages) is a small sea-side town up the west coast, north of Cape Town. It’s a great place for a day visit, though it’s a fair distance to travel. We spent 3 days over … Continue reading →

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Cow on green

Posted on 04/07/2013 by Trevor Ives

This is one of the neighbourhood cows at Grand Dedale. Wasn’t very friendly though, but still quite photogenic. For a cow…

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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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