14 Jul, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne
We have had a wonderful few days with Dan and Hugo (see Dan’s photos ) slightly marred by me falling off my bike and developing very lurid and painful bruises. We also heard that our house has been red stickered because of boulders. In spite of mishaps life on...
7 Jul, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, La Garrone
We are so happy to be back on the canal after some terrifying river experiences. Leaving the port at Bordeaux was the worst, the current was so strong, even on the slack tide that we had waited for, that we had enormous difficulty getting off the floating pontoon. The...
3 Jul, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, France, La Garrone
We are in Bordeaux, well a little outside Bordeaux in an industrial basin overlooked by what looks like a nuclear power plant but is probably petro-chemical. It is about a 40min. cycle ride into the city which is incredibly beautiful. Lots of museums and art...
28 Jun, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne
We are sitting in Port de Meilhan sur Garonne on a cool cloudy evening, a huge relief after 40deg. yesterday. Siobhan and I biked along the leafy canal and took a few detours along the way to get local fruit and vegetables, tomatoes are one of the specialities of this...
24 Jun, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne, Canal St. Martin
We started our canal trip with a walk along the St. Martin canal in Paris. A wonderful evening in Paris with Gillian, because it was the summer solstice there was music everywhere, a different band at each street corner. We left Paris in the pouring rain and by the...
16 Jun, 2011 | Canal lateral a la Garonne
Alex (London), Claire (Madrid) gathered to help their mother Ann (Cissac, Medoc) celebrate her 80th Birthday on the Lady Mary. We had a BBQ lunch and then went out to dinner.
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