Premiere Classe Valenciennes Ouest - Petite-Foret
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Hi everyboy .
During the last 2 years I crossed 34 countries ( Not less :)) )
But I never wrote anything over a blog .
I made a Youtube channel where I've recorded some of the stuffs I do ( I'm a bit like the Jackass team so I walways end up in very not so funny / painful situations .
Here's what is going to await me for the next 6 months .
Our first threesome
... a tidy. Not to mention it was ******* cold this morning. It was 3 degrees but felt colder with the mist and rain. Sunny here in Tournai. As i am now out of france my ph will be impossible to recharge and therfore net will be pretty sporadic if at all. So the blog may suffer. Legend has it Belgians are encouraged to leave their wifi unlocked for the good of all. Great idea. But it hasnt caught on in tournai ...
Close enough to belgium to smell chocolate
Charts would have been nice today.. Knowing what vhf channel the locks use would be an advantage. As it was when we arrived at the l escaut river there was three enormous barges waiting to pass the lock. we tied up astern of one to wait our turn. The barge driver came over and asked if we were going through. When i said yes, he said no worries, go through with the next boat. He called the tower and we cast off to go through. The dude even threw me some prop wash to help me get off ...
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 ...
Back in France
... Besides an old cathedral there was nothing in this town either. By the time we walked up and down the "rambler" and had an early dinner it was finally time to check in. We rocked up to this 1376 Chateau. It was pretty amazing and to think such an old building stood right before us I only hoped it would stay standing for an extra night. We walked up to the front door and there waiting to greet us was a French lady who I might add spoke absolutely no English! This ...