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So close ...Just have to talk klaus into it.
we made it to Cambrai. Its only 25 or so km but about 10 locks and we played barge dodgems a lot. the barge drivers were all very helpfull and even called ahead to the other barges to let them know we had bilge keels and where we were. Helpfull. Klaus decided to have a rest after we picked up water in the lock. Rae towed and i fended till we got outside the lock and i ...
Towed through the tunnel.
it was very windy and the next stop was too far to make in a day so we stopped at saint quentin. marina was technicaly closed so it wasmfree. Chatted to a scottish couple who have been bargeing all year round for 20 years. they said the power was still on so we had electrickery again. i chatted to them for an hour or so. they could talk the legs off an iron bathtub but very nice people. We found a supermarket open on a sunday( that never happens in france) so stocked ...
The Last Few Weeks
... is sure to wake you up as you walk out the door. Wednesday was my first 4 hour test: in French. I had to read and answer some questions in French, followed by a dissertation of a Fable by Jean de La Fontaine. That was a little over my head, but for the first time, I managed to translate the entire fable and understand the whole thing. I formulated a response to the question but I couldn't bring myself to translate the response into ...
Big empty canal, and the deckie rocked chauny
... at us for being on their river. One had his 8 m pole stuck out accross the river as i passed the barge. he swore black and blue when red failed to give way to his fishing rod. i was full noise on red passing a 400 t barge. the rod did not even register on the scale of things happening at that moment. We pulled into a narrow canal to tie up. As we passed through the narrow gap I had the fisherman on the left bank telling me to move right ...
The promised land is busy
... charts there is no stopping for a looong way so i decided to call it quits for the day. Sitting in the marina i soon realised its a very busy canal. Every 20 mins or so a barge goes past. its a bigger canal so passing them isnt too hard. The locals here said where we plan to go is much busier!!! this could get exciting. this blog used to put the pics in the blog. Sorry but now it posts them by themselves so to see the photos look at previous posts which are just posts wit one ...
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