Lady Mary
Canal de Montech à Montauban
En France
We are in Moissac, the rain is clearing, swallows catching flies and an elderly man playing with a toy remote aeroplane nearby. Gillian and I went for a little bike ride by the river before returning to Lady Mary for Cafe de Paris sparkling wine. life is good! We...
Lady Mary is going exactly nowhere
Lady Mary is going exactly nowhere until the ice melts. Thanks for the photo Christine, stay warm.
New Crew in Toulouse
Simon and I arrived back in Toulouse with Simon Uprichard and Hugo after a wonderful wedding in Northern Ireland. We explored Toulouse and decided not to venture on to the Garonne river. We picked up Kassie from the train station in Toulouse and headed off the next...
Praise Be!
We probably should be lighting candles for St. Catherine, patron saint of sailors and waterways and all who use them. It has been pouring with rain and we are glad for a little break in the sky to make our way to Moissac. Sara is transforming into a black madonna, or...
Bastille Day
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 the...
The Valley of Green Mornings
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...
Tidal Coefficient
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...
A Evening at Port de Meilhan sur Garrone
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...
Canal St. Martin to Canal Lateral de la Garonne
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...