10 Jun, 2019 | Canal du Midi, France
Picnic Selfie We had a lovely and totally delicious picnic with Antony and Vincente on the river bank of the l’Orb, dappled shade, perfect view. Then we walked up to the Mediterranean Gardens above Roquebrun. Quite a hike – as many steps as Mount Manaia...
10 Jun, 2018 | Canal du Midi, France
Lady Mary Blog 2018 A week in Bezier It was lovely to be reunited with Lady Mary in Pohile, fewer duck eggs to clean up this year and no ants or rats. We headed down the canal to Colombiers to fill up with water and be on the power for serious cleaning, nicely timed...
14 Jun, 2017 | Étang de Thau, Canal du Midi, France, Hérault
We are back in our favourite port for the week and have caught up with friends on boats and on shore. There are huge renovations going on in the port and in the town so it is very noisy and always something to see. The building next to us is undergoing demolition?...
6 Jun, 2017 | Canal du Midi
Lady Mary 2017 We have arrived! What a relief after a 37hr journey which the new electric chilly bin (for beer and rose on deck) and the folding sack barrow survived. After a lovely two days with Gillian in Paris, which included a visit to the wonderful and inspiring...
8 Jun, 2016 | Étang de Thau, Canal du Midi, France, Hérault
In spite of strikes and floods we arrived back at Poihles on 31st May. To our horror she was not where we had left her, re-parked just up the canal. We later heard that the canal had been drained which was why she was moved but it was a nasty moment when all we could...
30 Jul, 2015 | Canal du Midi
We arrived in Bezier after a long wait for the staircase. We had arrived at the top before 8:00am and it was 2.00 pm before we went down. Free wine tasting and a lunch with smoked trout and more wine helped pass the time. Port Neuf at Bezier now has power and water...
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