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Towed through the tunnel.
... of the water. Quite a feat. it was used in the war by the Germans who used it as their near impregnable bunker and operations comand centre. they tied a string of barges together. there are some boats that have painted their names on the walls but i am certain somewhere on a small piece of wall there will be a carveing, Fritz was here Tied up in a dead little town called Vendhuil The charts showed this small cutting on the wrong side of the canal. Navionics has some ...
Big empty canal, and the deckie rocked chauny
... rocked when she got up to play. She did a few songs with the crowd asking for more. But the bar had to close. the barman said she was welcome back anytime and we got asked to the bands afterparty. At this point i put on the skippers hat. we had to get going early and as it was after midnight already we had to get a wriggle on. We left ...
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 ...
New crew aboard and reds onward ho.
... a car to get it working. All this while Rae was flying in to meet us in Reims. No chance. So we stopped in sillery and waited for her there. The marina is closed of course. been closed since the 1st of october. Tonight after tea. We are in the cockpit with craig on the didge and Rae on the Uke and the harmonica and singing away. I Know I am vicariously enjoying the sounds of home made music as I am not playing. But I love it. red ...
Remember the Somme and Danny Styles
... which was the highest spot in the area and was occupied by the Germans at the time of the Battle of Pozieres. From there, we saw, in the distance,where the Australians began their march forward in their assault and imagined the Germans watching and waiting, from their vantage point, as they approached. We moved on and stopped at the civil cemetery which was the exact place where Danny's 26th Battalion began moving forward in attack and followed the mens' footsteps (though many ...