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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 ...
Big empty canal, and the deckie rocked chauny
... popped in and met some locals. rae went off to dance and I chatted to a guy from marseilles who was here to take his kids to karate championships or something. Tried to speak to his uncle who spoke the local "pattoir" accent. no hope. but my new mate said dont feel too bad. he cant understand most of it either. rae chatted to one of the band who said she could come play for the last set. so she toddled off and got her ukelaly and harmonica. the ...
The promised land is busy
... it was maybe not too bad so tried the canal water again. Here is a tip folks. Anything alloy below zero will freeze water. Even if it is only a little below freezing. i am a slow learner. i poured salt over the deck and we got going after 9:30. We whizzed through the locks and only met a couple of barges. It went very well. At around 2:30 we entered the new canal which is much bigger. Chauny city is only a few km from the turnoff. The marina loomed in front and looking ...
Remember the Somme and Danny Styles
... as Olivier narrated the details of the noise and confusion and overwhelming artillery fire, why the bodies of so many soldiers, like Danny's, had never been recovered.
Olivier had done his homework and he was able to help us pick out the name of D R (Daniel Riley) Styles amongst the list of the 11 000 missing soldiers. It was a great day and a fulfilling way to finish our wanderings through France.
We had one last day in St Quentin and we set out from the hotel ...
Nomadentent
Het is zover samen met Elma de laatste dag samen naar Couvin gefietst. Daar werden we opgehaald door mijn lieve tante. Lekker drie nachtjes daar in noord Frankrijk gebleven. Eindelijk ook gezien hoe mijn tante woont. Heerlijk om daar even te zijn. Heb daar in een hele mooie zelf gemaakte tent mogen slapen. :) merci Betsie & ...
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