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So close ...Just have to talk klaus into it.
... smaller boats. No room but rafted up alongside we are fine. And there is power. The best part of cambrai is that were only a city away from the belgium border. Tomorow we hope to be in valenciennes which is a stones throw (comparitivly) from belgium. i will be sad to leave france but it is a huge milestone ticked off. France from one end to the other with bugger all ...
Towed through the tunnel.
... meat. left early and enjoyed an empty canal all day. We arrived at the second tunnel at 1130 ready to get a few more miles under the belt but we had to wait till 3:30 to get towed throughh the tunne by the electric tugl. So lunch and a nap was in order. The tunnel is very long around 7 km and was built around 1780 when Australia hadnt even buit a brick dunny yet. It was completed by Napoleon. It was amazing to look at the hand hewn stone that was 3 m deep and 5 m ...
The Last Few Weeks
Well I have gotten numerous complaints (mostly from my mother) that I haven't updated my blog very recently. So, I will update you all on my last few weeks. After returning from Italy, I still had one week of vacation before returning back to school. One day, my sister, mom, grandmother and I took the train into Lille, one of the biggest cities in the North of France. We went shopping and I prepared myself for the winter ahead: I bought a ...
Big empty canal, and the deckie rocked chauny
... guys on the right telling me to move left. *******. the town here is pretty dead. And tomorow is sunday. So moving on again early was the plan. It is howling this morning. it will blow the milk out of your coffee. i am currently sitting in the cockpit waiting to see if this gale will back off enough to get moving. i dont want to get stuck here in the middle of a fishing competition. The fisherman were serious enough yesterday and that was only ...
The promised land is busy
Chauny....ahh what can I say about Chauny. Actualy not a lot as i have barely stepped ashore. i just parked red in the marina. Put the laundry on and organised the net. ut so far it has been awesome. we yachties being simple creatures find things like electricty, water, showers and laundry exciting. Having the net here just makes it feel like the promised land. today started slow. i got up at the sparrows **** ready to tackle the canals but as red was -2c it was a little icy. ...