tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22234033150250329772024-02-07T05:34:23.129+01:00"Elle" - Exploring the European Inland WaterwaysShaun & Lynn's experiences of buying a Dutch canal cruiser and cruising the waterways of Europe.Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-77678329156598867612021-03-23T11:04:00.001+01:002021-03-23T11:04:28.359+01:00On An Island in the Stream.<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Covid-19 really did not play ball with our trip planning.
We went from CV_Level 5 to CV-Level 4 at the end of April but still, no travel was
allowed, not even across provincial borders. End May we moved to CV-3 which
allowed us to place our home back on the market but early in June, son Craig
and baby Kate both contracted CV-19 (they both recovered within a week but
Craig’s sense of smell and taste took about three more weeks to return) and, as
we were babysitting Kate the day before they went for their tests, we had to go
into self-isolation for two weeks whereafter the house was open again for
viewing - for a week. Then someone in the estate agents’ offices was infected
and their offices had to close for two weeks…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Back to the house. Amazingly, on the 4th of August, we
received a very good cash offer from a lovely couple and suddenly we were
homeless! Our previous home was more than twice the size of the one just sold
and, when we moved from there seven years ago, we never got around to unpacking
‘properly’ and a lot of ‘stuff’ was stored in the new garage until it was
bursting, and so the next three months were a grind of sorting, donating,
selling, and throwing away parts of our lives. Quite traumatic!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During all this pandemonium, Lynn’s brother Ian had found
a ‘house’ for ‘us’ in the tiny village of Salão, some 8 kilometers from their
village of Cedros and about 15 kilometers from the capital of Faial, Horta.
Unfortunately, because the farmer who owned the property had undertaken some
illegal construction, the deal fell through. Until sometime in early October
when he called Ian to say that he had sorted out the issues with the
authorities and the property could now be sold – the next day Ian signed the
papers and then Lynn and I were 50% owners of a ‘delightful country estate’ and
a fixer-upper of note!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoOKnVz5BPPLIqsHvot27PrQheGpVPhDlDieR4iz8pYAix4K_nfnmZjKYn4jNzrFoicxxKS-7PlVqsKdrdw0m2PHF4MknqxtxBwAFixaOwiYlFkNOoTkdlzRYeN0G2ZDvzeFEr87Hi4U/s711/Whole+area+2020-12-07+172059.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="711" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguoOKnVz5BPPLIqsHvot27PrQheGpVPhDlDieR4iz8pYAix4K_nfnmZjKYn4jNzrFoicxxKS-7PlVqsKdrdw0m2PHF4MknqxtxBwAFixaOwiYlFkNOoTkdlzRYeN0G2ZDvzeFEr87Hi4U/w640-h354/Whole+area+2020-12-07+172059.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">'Our' property</span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3AgDBsGaHQayp3Y4P2wxAcE_uLDYndOq3DYdH-6lu22QNa6HNYolSER3rzxMTeAo4du8KIPOg9Yu40Bs_5rz-QTqu34dvsOgzaCDVMSVKoembI-DuvcV_kBHj1jPEnw32m4Diz8FzP0/s800/Back2-800x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3AgDBsGaHQayp3Y4P2wxAcE_uLDYndOq3DYdH-6lu22QNa6HNYolSER3rzxMTeAo4du8KIPOg9Yu40Bs_5rz-QTqu34dvsOgzaCDVMSVKoembI-DuvcV_kBHj1jPEnw32m4Diz8FzP0/w640-h374/Back2-800x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sea facing facade</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoVDS4EWDVP_OAyk31n3SzmXOhEoTcsXiaXeAg73JVxuUwZjyKr4jJXrgIijLBIPCGkiZ9RLEn8vPxe-tWHDXCWXlYyqkC0dzNNsL-Okkoh8AE_Cccm4Y_8I2f5zTxhkWmOdMtdidvUU/s800/ChickenCoops-800x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaoVDS4EWDVP_OAyk31n3SzmXOhEoTcsXiaXeAg73JVxuUwZjyKr4jJXrgIijLBIPCGkiZ9RLEn8vPxe-tWHDXCWXlYyqkC0dzNNsL-Okkoh8AE_Cccm4Y_8I2f5zTxhkWmOdMtdidvUU/w640-h374/ChickenCoops-800x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Pigsty and chicken coup. And 'Dunny'.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOncmUl_P36gei0zPDIdxSrB99yrdRmmQg94QIl5Rb4QnFBuzdAEJbrmAUWJlg1SnqR6h1YpjzJTFjzsmfzAR-rF7Vu1xHua10VO8FAwe52YGoRSHvMMRwN8KiEafg3wgRkUrqjEP6zo/s5152/Existing+kitchen+entrance+before+first+coat..JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOncmUl_P36gei0zPDIdxSrB99yrdRmmQg94QIl5Rb4QnFBuzdAEJbrmAUWJlg1SnqR6h1YpjzJTFjzsmfzAR-rF7Vu1xHua10VO8FAwe52YGoRSHvMMRwN8KiEafg3wgRkUrqjEP6zo/w640-h480/Existing+kitchen+entrance+before+first+coat..JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbVASWYyGLjx-N1o36Q9ycEUBtfWHWrpsEEHnYQ16dVPm0N44hg-Kxyf9CyxaDhmPDHZ0lGwBOwp7WMflUtiz6oUo5eVAq0kUAwH2E6YRH6bN9WtNjsfh2BJ2KKLKbdORRwTyFaSQD5c/s5152/Front+door+side+before+first+coat.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbVASWYyGLjx-N1o36Q9ycEUBtfWHWrpsEEHnYQ16dVPm0N44hg-Kxyf9CyxaDhmPDHZ0lGwBOwp7WMflUtiz6oUo5eVAq0kUAwH2E6YRH6bN9WtNjsfh2BJ2KKLKbdORRwTyFaSQD5c/w640-h480/Front+door+side+before+first+coat.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Facade of the south-east facing facade. Sea in distance left of pic.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrWGl2MfBOIT2Yy1lWwaFtwIaSxsufB94wRY2jloJmKTCwJE2uoJJBVrdbIWL2pM1J_fYZmdFNAKNKRs5FPgxAE9unSyoG0MtIsxcbuSRHvKkCK3Fm6NiSzvAwgD4HyNNSLcrh0eLeOA/s800/tn_Kitchen-dinning-800x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrWGl2MfBOIT2Yy1lWwaFtwIaSxsufB94wRY2jloJmKTCwJE2uoJJBVrdbIWL2pM1J_fYZmdFNAKNKRs5FPgxAE9unSyoG0MtIsxcbuSRHvKkCK3Fm6NiSzvAwgD4HyNNSLcrh0eLeOA/w640-h374/tn_Kitchen-dinning-800x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Kitchen/dining room</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrLQ8y3q61_wUftnkxhXBuNB3d5sO0FZLoepEdNw3jKkhRJcX8rypAGqFfWkw7x9qMAu-7Qo_mGX3A2AHr9OiDX4Boa06l06NawTjL3eyKJ0y1nEf2hyphenhyphenlXPz3PaTSO3WxeGJcAxHzKYU/s800/tn_Livingroom-800x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrLQ8y3q61_wUftnkxhXBuNB3d5sO0FZLoepEdNw3jKkhRJcX8rypAGqFfWkw7x9qMAu-7Qo_mGX3A2AHr9OiDX4Boa06l06NawTjL3eyKJ0y1nEf2hyphenhyphenlXPz3PaTSO3WxeGJcAxHzKYU/w640-h374/tn_Livingroom-800x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sitting room</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcBSdyf-1l2fZFBshkCSOryWz1u2p9lSE7AKfZz3ymokTudV6WQa4Dm4pbuHWuGigG91vzB9rMoVuQiioAEKcXvQPJXSzPL5pbImZPzbnxkEIRi6rQEAMhiHTsnck-6uLiSposlVI8QM/s739/tn_mainroom3-739x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="739" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDcBSdyf-1l2fZFBshkCSOryWz1u2p9lSE7AKfZz3ymokTudV6WQa4Dm4pbuHWuGigG91vzB9rMoVuQiioAEKcXvQPJXSzPL5pbImZPzbnxkEIRi6rQEAMhiHTsnck-6uLiSposlVI8QM/w640-h404/tn_mainroom3-739x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Looking from the proposed sitting room towards kitchen - front door on the right</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2yUhaHmwN5dIgq25D03TGiUc0SQvWdcirfM30NfwWw_-7rXIIU64ooWitqgbP1VWEogI8hjirz9_XIdc-WDagxt3WzeF4koxojKM3N5zdB1dw60o-EH4LYcGyqdojpqU6p3nX-UsMBk/s467/tn_mainroom4-450x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2yUhaHmwN5dIgq25D03TGiUc0SQvWdcirfM30NfwWw_-7rXIIU64ooWitqgbP1VWEogI8hjirz9_XIdc-WDagxt3WzeF4koxojKM3N5zdB1dw60o-EH4LYcGyqdojpqU6p3nX-UsMBk/w616-h640/tn_mainroom4-450x467.jpg" width="616" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sitting room to proposed bedroom</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrAloyTU-Z4r-lsF7_hQM9SM5QqOc1v-2Cnk-YmYxGw7Ml36Zaj_try58rJ9wLxLYIL-GF8pixS8ovpQVxtWScvcZZQcgwrWlP__Xlj6WLM4QnJNoUvrmY9c-q2LIv7NAo5QtZl8dWTc/s800/tn_mainroom-800x467.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="800" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrAloyTU-Z4r-lsF7_hQM9SM5QqOc1v-2Cnk-YmYxGw7Ml36Zaj_try58rJ9wLxLYIL-GF8pixS8ovpQVxtWScvcZZQcgwrWlP__Xlj6WLM4QnJNoUvrmY9c-q2LIv7NAo5QtZl8dWTc/w640-h374/tn_mainroom-800x467.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ian, being the perpetual working machine that he is, immediately
hired two part-time builders, and the three of them set about gutting the place
and rebuilding from the cellar (<i>loja</i>)
upwards. We think we will be very happy there – if we can manage to obtain a
residence permit.<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhPzW5dZP_COjBIDVsWMdMuEMadESBGjuz11YFQJWe-YZMtUmLfTqbjJ11XQgYckrcDgk_fz3OhFK7JZLoUdKxVS_EWEuGMIv30Gk1IJC8raFsXwD3IIzIzp4dD10M9Tj-JxShrixAZw/s5152/IMG_8319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKhPzW5dZP_COjBIDVsWMdMuEMadESBGjuz11YFQJWe-YZMtUmLfTqbjJ11XQgYckrcDgk_fz3OhFK7JZLoUdKxVS_EWEuGMIv30Gk1IJC8raFsXwD3IIzIzp4dD10M9Tj-JxShrixAZw/w640-h480/IMG_8319.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN8P3Ih5R0-XxoXcNu_Xtei6DtXBB2C2Q_iYmYpM3Kj5zLTK9N_gmL7N5lohD9oVKWyBhCOKNuNrTR0yJSgOSxrffh2chY4SZFHWdg3fWWlF7BM1-rjeOWiT3gQck9YekYDhohKoU6yM/s5152/IMG_8337.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEN8P3Ih5R0-XxoXcNu_Xtei6DtXBB2C2Q_iYmYpM3Kj5zLTK9N_gmL7N5lohD9oVKWyBhCOKNuNrTR0yJSgOSxrffh2chY4SZFHWdg3fWWlF7BM1-rjeOWiT3gQck9YekYDhohKoU6yM/w640-h480/IMG_8337.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjqfUFhSGlQhaLaG5FXi2jrv0Z-MekRL9X8sOEjHHY-KOyWneI5zFU2oPpaJ21tgFL2vG2y9fuo30i4UrtDNDNMcTyhgpqvqlm0YH3F-bjqdYKNpBi4eQbN5zTbc08J2z-7hujW7O-yU/s5152/IMG_8351.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjqfUFhSGlQhaLaG5FXi2jrv0Z-MekRL9X8sOEjHHY-KOyWneI5zFU2oPpaJ21tgFL2vG2y9fuo30i4UrtDNDNMcTyhgpqvqlm0YH3F-bjqdYKNpBi4eQbN5zTbc08J2z-7hujW7O-yU/w480-h640/IMG_8351.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Ian preparing the floor beams</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrzwKdt4-LIrLDQR2mKKoCJSqbDSyHmHamIcmq9no1pbL7zG8DUUex7yFYiIaw3sJWT25_1BD_eoNJpCtZkpYw8d6Ku2boj98X6KPOAG8i4Zf-i7KVpSfDrRLamk0g8qTHnIOkSwUj_A/s5152/IMG_8361.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrzwKdt4-LIrLDQR2mKKoCJSqbDSyHmHamIcmq9no1pbL7zG8DUUex7yFYiIaw3sJWT25_1BD_eoNJpCtZkpYw8d6Ku2boj98X6KPOAG8i4Zf-i7KVpSfDrRLamk0g8qTHnIOkSwUj_A/w640-h480/IMG_8361.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX_KNYODdBUHdSb4EVxdUNPSxJGM9_RQm8Pao4F6QOX3nopLzQuiTX5Nrw8kSlxl7BxSxxbjwnMvExofkDX5YBUM8AIoD2Rb6RQqh5oVT3d8WerMDqlBcDcARp8DJ3OC5Oy2IxUMDOKA/s5152/IMG_8429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX_KNYODdBUHdSb4EVxdUNPSxJGM9_RQm8Pao4F6QOX3nopLzQuiTX5Nrw8kSlxl7BxSxxbjwnMvExofkDX5YBUM8AIoD2Rb6RQqh5oVT3d8WerMDqlBcDcARp8DJ3OC5Oy2IxUMDOKA/w640-h480/IMG_8429.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">We
bade our lovely home farewell on 29 October, after our lives had been packed
into a container which we had bought, and moved into a tiny ‘granny cottage’ on
someone’s property, just down the road from where we had been living – a BIG
adjustment. The livable area is larger than we have on <i>Elle</i> but the view never changes and we have seventeen steps to go
up or down when we leave or return ‘home’. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciW4X3M9gpp0wGx_zKwLk6EP959UPdTmLE-HPklmIvgGAK8z_5o_u0qQyGsqMP4nPGEysZTaM8VjW7jkhUg8AwSS8YqlNNEWYIFvZs_LKGtfNkRL0VmGQqBFrQUN7ISZaE1DoxDR7gKE/s1328/WhatsApp+Image+2020-12-01+at+14.13.57.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="747" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciW4X3M9gpp0wGx_zKwLk6EP959UPdTmLE-HPklmIvgGAK8z_5o_u0qQyGsqMP4nPGEysZTaM8VjW7jkhUg8AwSS8YqlNNEWYIFvZs_LKGtfNkRL0VmGQqBFrQUN7ISZaE1DoxDR7gKE/w360-h640/WhatsApp+Image+2020-12-01+at+14.13.57.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljsKLo7HETGGL4NQvwQLgr6mcyrtblCyQGZ1rAAfZX8Hb0NSCbcTxrT-ZB-lBHxGxZp7exI7bE-NgsQbxVh6rkqg_m7RYLnQZKbaTyFkb4mYovgzkmuEBzkVKyvVFUlf2zuVeOEWrFPY/s2048/20201023_135632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljsKLo7HETGGL4NQvwQLgr6mcyrtblCyQGZ1rAAfZX8Hb0NSCbcTxrT-ZB-lBHxGxZp7exI7bE-NgsQbxVh6rkqg_m7RYLnQZKbaTyFkb4mYovgzkmuEBzkVKyvVFUlf2zuVeOEWrFPY/w480-h640/20201023_135632.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh914jNf-LPpMT_udqYJunDkXZ_-I_flYHesf3J_rPgJIdteMWXQKVc9CwL2jRNSuSQaEEKLdtacROUSRprmdO-Fbhpx_q7qzxeF_GytybrphQr1uHP9sUSjxfLQlOWpAkKY4CVeXeunKw/s1650/IMG_4708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1650" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh914jNf-LPpMT_udqYJunDkXZ_-I_flYHesf3J_rPgJIdteMWXQKVc9CwL2jRNSuSQaEEKLdtacROUSRprmdO-Fbhpx_q7qzxeF_GytybrphQr1uHP9sUSjxfLQlOWpAkKY4CVeXeunKw/w640-h576/IMG_4708.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsvnZ9IsCDM0hY7tigzL2Mk2y4yqZ11VyH3VM8UCRLrjpeteWb-oiq8AClgDDpI00zfy1p3A8U10bzDXsgpOYj1hxJmE4GBjktPTJpPbNDf_GfEErXP_KSntHJhF0k3yt3md85j9XhnU/s2048/20201023_162156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsvnZ9IsCDM0hY7tigzL2Mk2y4yqZ11VyH3VM8UCRLrjpeteWb-oiq8AClgDDpI00zfy1p3A8U10bzDXsgpOYj1hxJmE4GBjktPTJpPbNDf_GfEErXP_KSntHJhF0k3yt3md85j9XhnU/w640-h480/20201023_162156.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">But we had decided that we would make a serious attempt
to get to the Azores before Christmas and booked flights to depart South Africa
on 11 December. Ha – wishful thinking!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Having assembled a wad of some fifty pages (each) of
Application forms and supporting documentation, we dashed off to the to the
visa agent to get our visas on track. However, our Police Clearances which we
had applied for in March, had expired in October but we were led to believe
that, despite this, they would still be deemed to be valid by the Portuguese
authorities under their CV-19 relief rules. Not so – this relief only applies
to documents issued by the Portuguese authorities. So back to our appointed
‘official documentation’ processing agents (One Stop Docs – excellent service!)
to start the whole process again. On 30 November, after a very stressful time
when, at some stage, we thought our replacement Police Clearances would never
be issued, we were back at the visa agents’ offices and they cleared our
application for forwarding to the Consulate General in Pretoria; as we were
never going to make a 11 December departure date, we came home and re-booked
for a Christmas Day departure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A few days later, we noticed that the ‘tracking’ function
on the VFS (the visa agent) website was still saying “Application dispatched on
30 November” so Lynn managed to contact the Consulate in Johannesburg and they
said that we needed to show proof of having a Portuguese bank account (despite
this requirement not showing up on any of their ‘D’ visa documents)…to cut a
long story short, on 31 December (our flights had been rescheduled twice by
SwissAir and we eventually booked one for 29 January) we received an SMS
stating that our passports were ready for collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Taraaah! At last we can be on our way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77mNPn_8PhktZTLKNy6N6BAWpI-WGmzgcnDBXvyljW8S1MgH-cNZxd7NTgXgJ_20V2soqu6-riCc9rynLUXE9mF2Ge0RyN9dfW2FTwm_5cPibdoZIMnGqAdsfZ8fMnAgIShVeosEwVu0/s2048/InkedResidenciaBlogSC2_LI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="2048" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi77mNPn_8PhktZTLKNy6N6BAWpI-WGmzgcnDBXvyljW8S1MgH-cNZxd7NTgXgJ_20V2soqu6-riCc9rynLUXE9mF2Ge0RyN9dfW2FTwm_5cPibdoZIMnGqAdsfZ8fMnAgIShVeosEwVu0/w640-h568/InkedResidenciaBlogSC2_LI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">To cut another very long story short, after a couple more
flight cancellations by SwissAir and Emirates, and after having taken three CV
tests, including one on the morning we eventually departed, on January 30th, we finally managed
to board a BA flight to Johannesburg and then a Qatar flight to
Doha/Madrid/Lisbon – incidentally, we had open
tickets with SwissAir and Emirates for the next two days in case Qatar
canceled; these flights were both canceled the day we departed!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwjTjIIkZhn3-n_xe6yHosYoggqS-EnzBne6yZEhBOepJ4TMNmtzXIu1gWIDVJytWS_mLev97eQQX5wB2WWgCw5mn34aP6ZU3DEUyydMq7p2U8pNnjODzYncuzV1b6GhVvVLluF0gZ8Q/s3881/IMG_4851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="3881" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwjTjIIkZhn3-n_xe6yHosYoggqS-EnzBne6yZEhBOepJ4TMNmtzXIu1gWIDVJytWS_mLev97eQQX5wB2WWgCw5mn34aP6ZU3DEUyydMq7p2U8pNnjODzYncuzV1b6GhVvVLluF0gZ8Q/w640-h360/IMG_4851.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An eerily deserted Lisbon Departures Hall - 20 flights and hour<br />down to less than 20 flights a day.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then an
unanticipated two-day extension to our stay in Lisbon because we had to have
another CV test done before leaving for the Azores (our last test, done in
South Africa the morning of the 30<sup>th</sup>, would expire an hour before we
arrived in Horta and it had to be valid on arrival, not only on departure, as I
had thought), saw us finally board a plane to Terceira Island and then another
to Horta, the capital of Faial Island.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfYtebGGE56lH0Xwj_jPmcBJ3k-W_-Cjm2J6sNbz3viPgiMtmu5m1uQ9Z3rM90MzVbiIiY9nVMmkhxNlbhotRx_iYSPo0EjlREV0kT3h-oQp21DAo-5-1pD-6nRg-yH5fMZ5aojqmtuQ/s4000/IMG_4868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfYtebGGE56lH0Xwj_jPmcBJ3k-W_-Cjm2J6sNbz3viPgiMtmu5m1uQ9Z3rM90MzVbiIiY9nVMmkhxNlbhotRx_iYSPo0EjlREV0kT3h-oQp21DAo-5-1pD-6nRg-yH5fMZ5aojqmtuQ/w640-h360/IMG_4868.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terceira approaching - <u>very</u> windy!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3YGmIngiZSs0bUNGIOg7CTMRxhzwS-8537Gj1328QB5jeYjeumOJqplNmD08hqbpKCFN3cHDjkUr03RCNMQbfXJZ1lKP7j59iBkKbmHzsmDN-VwkOm6Xx6Ixj4CcM5Qghop-6ywqpDc/s4000/IMG_4869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix3YGmIngiZSs0bUNGIOg7CTMRxhzwS-8537Gj1328QB5jeYjeumOJqplNmD08hqbpKCFN3cHDjkUr03RCNMQbfXJZ1lKP7j59iBkKbmHzsmDN-VwkOm6Xx6Ixj4CcM5Qghop-6ywqpDc/w640-h360/IMG_4869.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terceira.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQprt1rPyvxWkDdwKpWhqgEPYYM16qylIZXtaEeiBzD955_MdF6hJaaL4fqkI_sDuBKToSyc-tyoP5SXvSQbw1olMNl6rYbTwMxfIqAqI9a_L8YymdodRbUq1r-qY_e2pTVBAntmAV50/s4000/IMG_4874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQprt1rPyvxWkDdwKpWhqgEPYYM16qylIZXtaEeiBzD955_MdF6hJaaL4fqkI_sDuBKToSyc-tyoP5SXvSQbw1olMNl6rYbTwMxfIqAqI9a_L8YymdodRbUq1r-qY_e2pTVBAntmAV50/w640-h360/IMG_4874.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horta, Faial coming up - worse weather.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uPA2jQlNwXSl58bJO7rnA2I8KpcE9CsiTjZU6tn1Xy_c1G1JLEpddM7Tblb1OdNfWNxKOsa3i3XOI5fyoiRU4rfblZm91_2LxImvXHluRBMRfe8XGC46akAOm1kUUS69BsnPvxuuR_c/s3920/IMG_4906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="3920" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uPA2jQlNwXSl58bJO7rnA2I8KpcE9CsiTjZU6tn1Xy_c1G1JLEpddM7Tblb1OdNfWNxKOsa3i3XOI5fyoiRU4rfblZm91_2LxImvXHluRBMRfe8XGC46akAOm1kUUS69BsnPvxuuR_c/w640-h356/IMG_4906.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home at last</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKW5lUpSlehYNItKGHFSn92zf5f_e1rv6dDDSdcYLa2Zo9bgjIxIOt2xBVkiTJ9o5EhyQUQnY_64HrOQBnbb2yfave0TqVuetEFybXdTFmS0voD3RDEIJdIi0ekPJHXRo3ilj6rkk2u4/s4000/IMG_4911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKW5lUpSlehYNItKGHFSn92zf5f_e1rv6dDDSdcYLa2Zo9bgjIxIOt2xBVkiTJ9o5EhyQUQnY_64HrOQBnbb2yfave0TqVuetEFybXdTFmS0voD3RDEIJdIi0ekPJHXRo3ilj6rkk2u4/w640-h360/IMG_4911.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The swimming pools about 1.5 kilometers from our house.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalu_wdj2RR8iQfAEp7jD8q7R-hOMYqVFlkvjJm0ufQP_rgKuBS3qTBDiPUrrzb6kCXqjcrFZ4iFWbsUIBW9WPwWzxOKgB6ny37yXQcnKVaqDIp_rGLalZfQvhVGjrflW9foLqjRkA7jE/s4000/IMG_4912.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalu_wdj2RR8iQfAEp7jD8q7R-hOMYqVFlkvjJm0ufQP_rgKuBS3qTBDiPUrrzb6kCXqjcrFZ4iFWbsUIBW9WPwWzxOKgB6ny37yXQcnKVaqDIp_rGLalZfQvhVGjrflW9foLqjRkA7jE/w640-h360/IMG_4912.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking north.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuySaQDnoxvWEGc1pnaIEqDFc6SlMl5xuqzUHruE19K9C57SqI3zgeq12mSQqzgmC-pQIncCq9cFseIU4KFmTiYRuNLHDgtx_Ursp9Uf5k2kFTcHXCFBlajp0rmsMn4TNjX4GbcaoQ7gw/s3733/IMG_4987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="3733" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuySaQDnoxvWEGc1pnaIEqDFc6SlMl5xuqzUHruE19K9C57SqI3zgeq12mSQqzgmC-pQIncCq9cFseIU4KFmTiYRuNLHDgtx_Ursp9Uf5k2kFTcHXCFBlajp0rmsMn4TNjX4GbcaoQ7gw/w640-h360/IMG_4987.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ian at work. Ceilings in, bedroom partition up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G0SCmYOebdXbdloUuTcmcXgsWGU8FVtQXV-2iIQ2zdVPaSPfu5j7dQTFEkQMGSYkjlYBINAc_h8zX_seHR_PofNkUBOG2i4GhB-DwOqpICUGssfBkNw07fvpaRz8wxEXNWC2rqnNJoA/s3733/IMG_4950.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="3733" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0G0SCmYOebdXbdloUuTcmcXgsWGU8FVtQXV-2iIQ2zdVPaSPfu5j7dQTFEkQMGSYkjlYBINAc_h8zX_seHR_PofNkUBOG2i4GhB-DwOqpICUGssfBkNw07fvpaRz8wxEXNWC2rqnNJoA/w640-h360/IMG_4950.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighbours</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After two more CV tests over the next ten days of
self-imposed, semi-isolation, innumerable trips to the bank, Revenue Office, (Finanças),
Home Affairs (SEF) and Health Services, we are now ensconced in the old part of
our new home (while Ian beavers away to finish the new part), Income Tax
numbers, Residence cards and National Health Insurance numbers safely to hand while
we wait for our container of household goods to be shipped from Durban – it should
be departing tomorrow.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe5kPO3NMn-_YzzGUqB194dRr48sVrcjbRnrmE6Sd37PHw-ZxnY7lgK8IpVvbGAUvn8RGzhDdNKD_rLxbYE671qmfbBGhF8ll9YjXa2tG6l8U-MvVJLmorHL1ZH2E7sUzxkIrviySfeI/s3387/IMG_4974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="3387" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe5kPO3NMn-_YzzGUqB194dRr48sVrcjbRnrmE6Sd37PHw-ZxnY7lgK8IpVvbGAUvn8RGzhDdNKD_rLxbYE671qmfbBGhF8ll9YjXa2tG6l8U-MvVJLmorHL1ZH2E7sUzxkIrviySfeI/w640-h406/IMG_4974.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Residence Cards</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And that is the story of how we came to be ‘On An Island
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visa applications for the 18<sup>th</sup> of March (after having had the first
application rejected because our Isle of Man bank statements had not been
stamped (new) and we did not have a letter from me to Lynn inviting her to
accompany me on the boat (new)!) but on the 16<sup>th,</sup> Capago, the agents
for France-Visas, called to say that the Consulate was no longer issuing visas
“for the foreseeable future”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mid-July, Emirates starts flying again, the French Consulate issues us with
long-stay visas on condition that we can prove that (a) we have had CV-19, or
(b) that we have been vaccinated against the virus. Well, so far, we have not contracted
the virus (in any event, there are not enough test kits to go around to test
for anti-bodies) and, with the possibility that a vaccine will only pass
clinical trials in the next 9 to 18 months, it may well be that we will not get to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elle</i> until 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their cooking skills during lockdown and so, amidst signs of panic at having to
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-30406614450830131472020-04-13T10:57:00.000+02:002020-05-01T16:22:02.840+02:00Another South African summer has passed!<br />
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that the winter here had been dry but our garden was a bit of a dustbowl and
the weather was warm to hot. So we started watering the plants and the lawn and, after a few days, the weather changed abruptly and it rained and blew for weeks
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the Australians as we watched the massive fires raging across the southeastern
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Rugby World Cup and we watched as the Springboks bundled out the hero host
country Japan in the quarter-finals, scraped through in the semi’s against
Wales and then completely demolish England, who looked emotionally exhausted
after their magnificent effort in seeing off the All Blacks, in the finals.</span><br />
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South African team set some records: They are the only team to have lost a pool
game and still won a Final, the only team to have never lost in a Final, and
the only team never to have conceded a try in a Final – well done Bokke!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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South African Airways, was put under business rescue but the prognosis is not
too shiny, and the Passenger Rail Authority was put under business
administration for a minimum of twelve months. All the failures are probably
attributable to political board appointees and senior management doing some
massive trough-snouting – and not one of them has yet to be seen wearing an
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trip to the Transkei Wild Coast was undertaken with us learning a bit about
barn-swallow behavior from close up…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three Girls in a Boat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and our tent the next morning.</td></tr>
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married life – thanks Soulmate, for a wonderful journey!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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guests of the “in-laws”, Wayne and Ally Gifford, who had invited us to spend a
couple of nights with them at the beautiful Gowrie Village Farm where we
celebrated with their extended family – a great time indeed!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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normal sub-tropical conditions returned, bringing with it lots of humidity, swarms
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agreeing to put our house on the market when we return from our 2020 cruise in
October, and relocate to the Azores where <a href="http://carterscruises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lynn’s brother and sister-in-law</a> live
on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faial_Island" target="_blank">Faial</a>…if the falling ZAR makes it possible for us to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then it was a flurry of French Long Stay Tourist Visa preparations, a quick
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our campsite for the first night before<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Mediterranean micro-climate of Hogsback<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dry, dry, dry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our not-so-smart 'Safari tent' at <i>Amber Lagoon</i> B&B</td></tr>
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their Shiraz had not been produced for three years due to the drought, and we don't 'do' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witblits" target="_blank">witblits</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our campsite at <i>Klondyke Cherry Farm</i>, about 30 kilometers from Ceres.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A visit to<a href="https://www.saronsberg.com/" target="_blank"> Saronsberg winery</a> near Tulbagh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.saronsberg.com/full-circle" target="_blank">Full Circle</a></i>, their flagship wine (although, to be honest,<br />
we preferred the <i><a href="https://www.saronsberg.com/seismic-rooi" target="_blank">Seismic</a> </i>- the 2017 Shiraz was also excellent<i>).</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'TJ' wines - a household name but their top-of-the-range bubbles were not<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">40 liters of milk produces about 5kgs of cheese. The curd has been wrapped in<br />
muslin cloth and the excess whey is being pressed out in the homemade press.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After pressing and preparing to cut off the 'edge'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back into containers...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...brine being added...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...a light weight is applied to keep the cheeses submerged. They will be turned<br />
after 12 hours and after another 12 hours the brine will be drained and<br />
the cheeses placed in the refrigerator to mature at about 10C.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheese and yoghurt maturing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carolyn preparing another batch of yoghurt for the weekend market.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dave slicing a delicious Gouda/Chedda creation<br />
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brilliant visit Dave and Caro and thank you soooo much for your great
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then to take Gerd & Lesley, via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Large_Telescope" target="_blank">SALT, the South African Large Telescope</a> in Sutherland</span></div>
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tiny hamlet of Loxton (about 150 kilometers south east of the Square Kilometer Array or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeerKAT" target="_blank">Meerkat Telescope</a>), to Mokala Game Reserve – not a Big Five Reserve, but one
which we just love.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare copper Springbok with normal Springbok</td></tr>
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is affecting the lives of so many; who would have thought that a flu-like
outbreak in a Chinese city which most people had never heard of, would leave
such a devastating footprint on the world. South Africa went into lockdown –
no-one is allowed to leave their residences apart from going to shop for food
(no alcohol or cigarettes) or medicines or to visit a doctor or if one is a
worker in ‘essential services’. Initially it was announced that the lockdown
would be from 27 March until 17 April but this has been extended to 30 April, a
full five weeks. So here we sit and hope that the desperately poor do not start
rioting…but of course social media produced some great examples of humour to make
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-58132042770927553712019-10-17T20:28:00.000+02:002019-10-21T09:27:21.005+02:00The Saône & Petit Saône: Gray – Auxonne – Saint-Jean-de-Losne - Auxonne.<br />
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Monday morning, had coffee at one of the riverside cafes and then retired back
to <i>Elle</i> for a braai and more wintering planning, a terrible thing to
have to do after so long in lovely France.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were working on this roof in July!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Hôtel Gauthiot d'Ancier with its staircase tower<br />containing a 28-step, revolving, circular staircase which,<br />when turned and locked, hides the room where Pierre Fourier<br />lived which hiding from Cardinal Richelieu.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A printing house dating from the Revolution.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...the maker of which, we were proudly informed by the workmen repairing<br />the huge wooden door to the building, was Parisian.</td></tr>
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downstream pontoon, politely, with quite a section of his stern sitting off the
mooring (there are no length nor time restrictions on these pontoons), and
owner, eighty-year-old Bryan popped over to ask if we were going to Saint-Jean
and, if so, could we deliver a gift to the ladies at the boatyard ‘Atelier
Fluvial’ where he would be over-wintering his boat. As we were and if was no
effort at all, we took his gift, and himself, aboard; the gift for delivery and
he for drinks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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disorder, a sickness not recognized by the airline, who declared him fit to fly
despite his condition. He eventually resigned, sued Qantas and, with the
proceeds of his successful claim, bought his barge. After owning for nine years,
where he has largely single-handed, he now wants to sell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hours, 35 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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off down very familiar territory to SJDL, eventually arriving at the long ‘steps’
quay to find it totally deserted of any kind of pleasure boat, something I don’t
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fulfill our obligation, then to the Casino supermarket for some supplies,
a(nother) braai and an evening relaxing before setting off for Auxonne where we
will need to begin winterizing in earnest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with a very full tummy, <i>Elle</i> takes us back upstream</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lock leading to the Canal Rhone-au-Rhin.<br />The white structure is where the lockies operate from.</td></tr>
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pontoon where, Bryan has informed us, the electricity and water is left on in
the off-season (after 15 September) for the whole weekend once the ladies have
closed the Tourist office on a Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, Lynn had already
paid €6-bargain fee before having the five o’clock, weekend switch-on,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting the winterizing process.</td></tr>
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whatever takes so long doing the small tasks before the true winterizing starts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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twelve-thirty and must have enjoyed the company as he only left after five when
we had scheduled a call to Ian and Sian aboard <i>Njord</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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laundry, cleaning, getting dirty, de-rusting, painting, getting clean…maybe you
get the drift?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Monday 14 October. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Auxonne to Auxonne (Port Royal marina)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
500 meters, 0 locks. 20 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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might ask? Well, because we needed to warm up the engines so that after docking
in Port Royal we could change the engine oils – which we duly did after luckily
making it into the port before the wind came up. Pulling down the dodger-bimini
and putting up the winter cover was an interesting exercise in the freshening
breeze but luckily it was all done before it really started howling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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likely that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elle</i> will be moved to
another spot while we are away – a practice I really hate but I suppose that
they have done the same thing to plenty of boats in the past, so we will just
have to trust them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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birthday wishes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pour moi</i>,</span><br />
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weighing suitcases (the stuff, found unsuitable for boat use over the past
couple of years, is starting to go back to SA) we are finally (almost) done –
the house water system still has to be drained – and then we will drag our luggage
to our self-catering establishment in town,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lounge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and some of the forty-seven steps to get there!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_bourguignon" target="_blank"> Bœuf bourguignon</a> - stunning!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">discover sleeping on a stable surface once again, take a taxi,
then a train and finally a plane to South Africa where son Andrew has kindly
agreed to meet us at the airport on a Friday late afternoon and then take us
back to our brick house in African traffic conditions, something I, personally,
am not looking forward to, especially after the kindness and consideration of
the French people, but that’s the way it is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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during which time we have traveled approximately 1,450 kilometers, traversed
459 locks, 6 swinging bridges, and nine tunnels, using 1,120 liters of diesel at
a rate of 1 liter every 1,3 kilometers. We also consumed approximately 11,500
liters of water and an unknown quantity of wine…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Seeing as this is a blog about Europe and that the
final post is not quite picture-complete, it will be published anyway albeit
from Gate 91, Terminal 2C at Charles de Gaulle Airport. Refinements were added in South Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-30800629370911404862019-10-07T09:51:00.003+02:002020-12-24T08:24:23.065+01:00The Saône & Petit Saône: Tournus - Gigny-sur-Saône – Gergy-sur-Saône – Seurre – Saint-Jean-de-Losne – Auxonne – Pontailler-sur-Saône – Gray.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">110 meters long and laden.</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Panta Rhei</span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> last seen in Besancon. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">There is an identically named </span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">
Dutch cruiser for sale and moored near Gray.</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.2px; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">And this is where the fun started…</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.2px; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The port was full with two barges rafted against each other and another two on the quay together with four cruisers, one of which appeared deserted, so we tied up in the hotel-boat mooring zone and Lynn made her way down the quayside to ask if anyone was contemplating leaving that morning. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The long and the short was that, an hour later, the Canadian flagged barge left leaving space for us - and their friends on a similarly Canadian flagged ex-hireboat departed so we settled down to find a pub which would be showing the Boks vs Namibia RWC game the next day.</span></span></span></div></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The next thing, we see a Brit flagged barge draw alongside and a woman shouts across at me “How long are you?”, I'm not sure why as, at over seventeen meters and probably more than twice our weight, there was no way that they were they going to raft up against us. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Then a whole crowd arrived with an assorted bunch of dogs in tow from the other Brit flagged boats, measured out the space between ourselves and the cruiser downstream of us, and announced that, if we and the boat upstream of us moved up, the barge </span></span></span><i style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Daisy </span></span></i><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">could fit in. </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">With the upstream boat being deserted it did not leave us much space to maneuver but the barge, with lines thrown to the team ashore for assistance and the on-board </span></span> </span><i style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">stoep-kakker</span></span></i><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">yapping madly, pushed its way into the gap leaving our bow inches from the deserted boat and their stern directly under our davits, and not a word of thanks to us for having had to re-arrange lines and add an extra spring! </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">And the </span></span> </span><i style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">stoepie </span></span></i><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">carried on yapping until I shouted at it to shut up and slammed down our hatch.</span></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.2px; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Anyway, with Lynn seething, we settled down for a glass of wine and a late afternoon braai.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 13.2px; margin-top: 12pt;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Saturday morning the bikes were unloaded and we rode to the car-wash based laundry and, while the washing did its thing, we did quite a big shop at the nearby Intermarche which I then rode back to </span><i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Elle</span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> with as Lynn had to bring back quite a heavy load of washing - how our tires managed without popping, I have no clue! </span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Then it was back to the nearby Casino supermarket for some items deemed too heavy to have been carried from the Intermarche (read 'wine'), then a stroll around the boats on offer at the H2O boat-brokers' Open Day and then to the little quayside pub 'Brasserie du Port' to watch the rugby and to have a light luncheon but the first half was so boring that we retired back to the boat and put a pork roast onto the Weber instead - it was delicious!</span></span> <i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></i> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span face="verdana, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><br /></span></div></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">On Saturday morning one of the Brit cruisers moved off leaving space for one of the rafted-up barges to moor up against the 'steps' so we then had the deserted French cruiser, ourselves, + 17m </span></span></span></span></span><i style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Daisy </span></span></span></span></i><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">, another cruiser, 22m </span></span></span></span></span> <i style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">HeliOx </span></span></span></span></i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and another + 17m barge (all Brit flagged by the way) moored in a place reserved for boats not longer than 15m - blatant law-breakers.</span></span></span></span></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We are moored through the tunnel.</span></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-28578616029351550992019-09-23T16:30:00.002+02:002019-09-30T13:56:26.374+02:00The River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin to the River Saone: Deluz – Besançon – Saint Vit – Dole – Saint Jean-de-Losne – Verdun-sur-le-Doubs – Chalon-sur-Saone- Gigny-sur-Saone - Tournus.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It has been a long break between blogs due in part to foreigners being on
board and a couple of mechanical issues from which I try always to retreat. The
first ‘foreigners’ were the mechanics from Chantier Naval in Deluz, and the
second lot were our very good friends from Durban, James and Laurien, who
insisted on treating us to as much as we could imbibe and partake of in as
short a time as possible – situation normal for these two!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little quay in Deluz which we had visited previously, tie up, and watch the
rain pass. Lynn does some foraging whilst I wonder whether the new solar
panels, house pump and lift pump had arrived, having been notified by Cluaue ‘le
chef’ that, because I had addressed the latter to myself care of himself, the
courier company would not release the goods which I would have to collect from
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u-turn and leaves again, Chantier Naval’s opening time of eight o’clock arrives
as do their staff, and then everyone traipses off down to the port leaving us
in suspense. Surely they have not forgotten about us? By now the crane has set
itself up at the port and, eventually, Claude & Co are spotted organizing
the liftout of a small yacht and its loading onto a transporter – their keel
has obviously prevented them from having the necessary draft to get back to
Germany so they have to truck it back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and then it all starts happening; Claude #2 and ‘Rip van Winkle’ are into the
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and, three hours later, our pressure pump has been replaced and is working a
treat, the two additional solar panels have been connected and the shower lift
pump has been stored in anticipation of the next emergency – and Claude #1 only
charges us for three hours labour, parts included! Bliss. The weather is
stunning so we decide to move on downstream, arriving at Besançon (Tarragnoz)
to a deserted pontoon and a moonlit evening, enhanced by the floodlit walls of
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">after which we moved </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elle</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to the port outside of the Cites des Artes to await
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanine</i> - more about her later.</td></tr>
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Pannier’s best, a dash back through the lock and the tunnel to Tarragnoz to avoid charter boat
<i>Jeanine</i>’s 08h00 departure, and, for the exhausted La Granges (and a very
unwell James), sleep.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Besancon battlements as seen from Melbourne, Oz.</td></tr>
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29 kilometers, 9 locks, 2 tunnels. 11 hours, 15 minutes (including a 5 hour
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that we have avoided the misery of being stuck behind the labouriously slow <i>Jeanine</i>
whilst on our way to our planned overnight stop at PK57 – the charter boat was
heading for their overnight stop at Ranchot, well beyond PK57.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bye, bye Besancon - until next year.</td></tr>
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a snooze, we somehow all agreed to head on to Ranchot, jump in front of <i>Jeanine</i>
before they departed at seven o’clock the next morning, and head on to Dole for
an early arrival but such are the plans of mice and men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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impellers were still playing up and need changing urgently, and at a quarter to
seven, just before lock-closing time, we arrived in Saint Vit to find <i>Jeanine</i>
firmly ensconced in the lock for the night. I suppose that we could have
insisted that they either go through or back out so that we could lock through and be ahead of them in the morning but
decided instead to let sleeping barges lie, leave late the next morning to let
them get ahead, stop at Ranchot for baguettes and croissants to let them get
even further ahead and, if all went according to plan, arrive in Dole just
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(and even more slowly around corners), we caught Jeanine soon after mid-day and
spent the next excruciating three hours trundling in their mud-stream, not
helped by an upcoming hire-boat which had no clue about the locks and delayed
us both for half an hour whilst they tried to sort themselves out on the up,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">set off for a tour of this most delightful city; fiddly bits done, we all met
at the cathedral, meandered through the quaint streets to the Place de la
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the lazy, weed-free Sâone, all agreed that another early start would be in
order so, in crystal weather we set off on our last day on the River
Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin, heading towards SJDL and the lovely Sâone, being
frustrated temporarily at Ecluse 71, the battery charger of which (which
receives the telecommand signal) was broken, we finally reached Ecluse 75,
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and nary an offer of rafting up from any of the four barges and one cruiser
lined up on the steps; a ‘lady’ from the one barge, which we heard on good
authority had already been there one day over the allowed three days, had the
temerity to tell us to moor on the other side of the river – no services and
the scruffiness of Losne. Eventually, while preparing to tie up to the booze boat
and wait for a gap, the owner of barge <i>Svanen</i> allowed us to moor up beside
them for lunch and, as nobody moved all afternoon, for the night – a nice
gesture but, by their own admittance, they had already overstayed their allowed
three day stay. And we heard from a hire-boat here in Tournus that the one
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tuesday 17 September. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">St Jean de Losne to Verdun-sur-le-Doubs</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
38 kilometers, 2 locks. 4 hours, 50 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesday 18 September. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Verdun-sur-le-Doubs to Chalon-sur-Sâone</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
25 kilometers, 0 locks. 2 hours, 40 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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departures from the usually full port were on their way, saw us passing the
riverside restaurant at Gergy at eight o’clock,</span></div>
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from the port, most convenient for boaters. We visited the fresh produce market
being held in the square where the Hotel de Ville is, wandered the many
pedestrian lanes and eventually headed back to <i>Elle</i> for champers and
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J&L once again treated us to a very good meal at <i><a href="https://www.les-canailles.fr/" target="_blank">Les Canailles</a></i>, a
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Friday 20 September. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Chalon-sur-Sâone to Gigny-sur-Sâone</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. 20 kilometers, 0 locks. 2
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Friday was a shopping morning for Lynn and I, whilst James and Laurien
got on with the awful job of packing suitcases in anticipation of their taxi
pick-up at midday. And then in a flurry of hugs, kisses and handshakes, our
guests over the past nine days were gone and we wandered back to a very quiet Elle.
Thank you for all your generosity Guys – we hope you enjoyed yourselves and
we’ll see you next month in Durbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A spur-of-the-moment decision saw us up-lines, wave goodbye to
beautiful Chalon, and set off downstream to the very uninspiring port of
Gigny-sur-Sâone, which is the ideal launchpad to reach the very busy pontoon
at Tournus, at the appropriate time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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choc-a-block but one hireboat said they were leaving within the hour, and
another, flying a South African flag, by eleven-thirty, so we rafted up to the
South Africans and shortly afterward slipped into the space vacated by the
other hirer – by that evening, and the next, boats were rafted up all over the
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NZ rugby game, we wandered through stalls of the very busy Saturday morning market
and chanced upon a small bar; Lynn asked the lady proprietress if they had a TV
set and if so, could she put on the rugby.</span></div>
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questions saw us plonk ourselves at a table among a group of very scruffy
locals (including one very drunk one, something not often seen in smaller
towns) and, before we knew it, there were quite a few Frenchmen taking an
interest in the game – one guy even bought us a beer! But we lost the game so
it was a bit of a dejected walk back to the boat.</span> </div>
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the blog but we did take time today to walk around a deserted Monday-morning
Tournus, and to enjoy a fine pasta luncheon at the <i>Lazzarella</i> restaurant
on the quay before retiring back to <i>Elle</i> to do some final ‘this leg’
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-53991183439862263412019-09-08T09:46:00.000+02:002019-09-08T18:40:09.633+02:00The River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs – Colombier-Châtelot - l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs – Grand Crufix – Baume-les-Dames.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">48 kilometers, 20 locks, 1 lifting bridge.</span></b></td></tr>
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kilometers, 4 locks, 1 lifting bridge. 3 hours, 15 minutes (including a 70
minute delay at the lifting bridge).</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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and a gentleman hailed us on our way to the baguette dispenser, explaining that
he was the person who would let us through the lifting bridge at
Colombier-Fontaine, four kilometers and two locks ahead of us. We agreed that a
convenient time for him was for us to be at the bridge at nine-fifteen and he
suggested that if we left at about eight-thirty we should arrive at the agreed
time. So we did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the suggested time, passed through the two locks at a tidy speed, dodging
patches of weed along the way, and arrived at said lifting bridge at
nine-twenty to find not a soul in attendance. Twenty minutes later we call the
VNF central number and ask for service – “Someone will come”. An hour later we
call again and are told the same thing but this time, as Lynn sets off for the
shop in the village, the little white van arrives, bells ring, and the bridge
lifts – in the interim we had plugged into the VNF electricity supply for forty
minutes of battery charge and so were not too disgruntled. As we passed
through, the VNF lady emerged from the control booth and apologized profusely;
her colleague from the day before had not passed on the arrangement – however
we are not sure why it took so long for our phone request to get through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lights turn in our favour as there was another boat coming upstream which would
have meant a double delay. And guess who it was? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Risico, </i>the barge with the abusive woman from<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>our meeting in Baume-les-Dames two weeks ago, so our progress
through the lock and along the bief until we passed them, was painfully slow.
Neither of us greeted…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and sure enough, in the last lock before Colombier-Châtelot our speed slows and
we know exactly what the problem is so we change plans, decide to stop for the night
at Colombier-Châtelot rather than our intended target of l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs,
do some panel-beating, and allow me some swim time – prop now clear and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elle</i> looking very patchy but nothing a
bit of sanding and painting cannot sort out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicols hireboat which was here when we over-nighted six days ago – a strange
way to spend a holiday, or maybe they had just bought the boat, or perhaps they
had broken down. Who knows?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
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departing for l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs were thwarted by a heavy fog which had descended
during the night, leaving the whole boat sopping wet so we eventually untied at
nine and pushed off into lingering wisps.</span></div>
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there was a large barge (<i>Aslaug</i>) and a small ex-hire cruiser tied up
alongside the upstream mooring, again dashing hopes of doing some surreptitious
sanding so we trotted off to the Intermarche, had a braai, did a big load of
laundry and whilst it was washing, enjoyed a cold beer and watched a big
funfair being erected in the town rectangle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there were seven boats moored along the quay! End of season? We suspect that
the closing of the Meuse might be adding to the traffic on the Canal Rhone au
Rhin as, apart from the Swiss and German boats going upstream, there are a
couple of NL boats heading in the same direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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turned <i>Elle around</i>, and moored up outside the Intermarche and then
carted eighty liters of diesel across the road; we could probably have fitted
another forty liters into the tank but it was pretty warm so five-hundred and
sixty liters will just have to do!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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24 kilometers, 10 locks. 4 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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stunning day thankfully, making the long cruise more enjoyable, especially as
half the locks were set in our favour.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The only downside once again was the abundance
of weed, initially causing the port engine to slow dramatically and forcing us
to start the starboard side but by the time we arrived at the lock before
Clerval our speed was down to about four kilometers an hour on both engines, so
we tied up at the waiting pontoon and a low visibility inspection revealed great
chunks of vegetation firmly wrapped around both propshafts which were
eventually cut free. In the process one of my Crocs popped off – no problem,
they float like corks but this one seemed to like being under the hull because
no amount of maneuvering could induce it to come to the surface and so,
resigned to having to purchase a new pair, we set the lock into sequence, the red
and green lights came on and, as we began moving forward, the missing shoe
appeared. A very quick reverse and some deft manipulation of a boathook saw
Lynn retrieve the darned thing before the lock doors opened, so all ended well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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corner, and there is our ex waiting-pontoon floating gloriously empty of
occupants; with a slight current on our stern we line up our approach and just
as the bow is about to reach the pontoon there is a bump and we come to stop –
grounded! We just can’t understand why as the water all around us looks deep
enough, so it’s an attempted reverse manoeuvre and then, finally, a one-eighty
degree bowthrust frees us and we gingerly float downstream and approach the mooring
from that side where, from our previous visit, we know there is enough depth to
moor up. Once on the pontoon the cause of our grounding and the reason that the
pontoon has been decommissioned as a waiting pontoon became apparent – a huge,
curved tree-stump was lying at right angles to the upstream end of the pontoon
with the root cluster and the opposite end about seventy centimeters from the
surface and the middle lying about a meter down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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propeller inspection and some sanding and primer application.</span></div>
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a last bit of painting on the starboard stern scupper and then it was just a
case of waiting for the paint to dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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heading upstream, once again, all German flagged except for one Australian
flagged boat bearing the home port Maasbracht, NL on her stern so they were
obviously Netherlands based and were heading off to their winter base.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We cannot source the origin of the name Grand Crucifix<br />
but could it have been named after the shape of this rock outcrop?</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Saturday 7 September. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Grand Crucifix to Baume-les-Dames</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. 7 kilometers, 3 locks. 1
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Stopping briefly after our second lock to sand some primer on the port
scupper in readiness for painting when we arrive in Baume-les-Dames, we enjoy a
gentle and relatively weed-free trip, arriving to find the port deserted of
transiting boats. There are two couples on ‘stern on’ moorings but they look
like they are going to be wintering here and all the other boats are deserted
and wearing their winter garb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the tune of 'Bird on a wire,' we wait for our last lock of the day.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">With rain forecast for the afternoon, I mentally cast aside any
thoughts of painting the last of the prepared scupper, unload the bikes and we
whizz into the town looking for the crémerie to stock up with a selection of their
stunning cheeses for when friends James and Laurien join us next week but it is
closed for ‘congé annuel’ (annual holiday) so Super-U cheese will have to do.</span></div>
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where Lynn decides, despite the weather forecast, to finish the paintwork –
fortunately, the rain arrived later than expected, giving the paint enough time
to form a decent skin so its looking pretty good at last.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tomorrow we head off to Deluz for the fitment of our new water pressure
pump (the old one is still working well but not the way it should), and to
collect our additional two new solar panels and a spare shower-pump lift-switch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-36874084027458171202019-09-01T20:21:00.000+02:002019-09-02T06:38:04.892+02:00The River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs – Colombier-Châtelot – Montbéliard – Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs.<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wednesday 28 August. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs to Colombier-Châtelot</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">.
7 kilometers, 3 locks, 1 hour, 45 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After applying a coat of paint to the last of the downsides we bade
Tony and Rita farewell – we will not see Tony again this year but might see
Rita as she is staying a while longer in Auxonne before returning to Australia.</span></div>
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lot of floating ‘string-weed’, the stuff which we are sure has suckers on its
tendrils and which attach themselves to one’s prop shaft at every opportunity;
we’re surprised we made it to the mooring as we spent so much time in reverse
trying to clear weed.</span></div>
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which had been moored behind </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kanumbra</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> last night, made fast to the
pontoon and the lady occupant came over to enquire whether we were having
problems with weed in our strainers – they were having to stop every hour to
de-weed theirs and we have had no ingress at all. Strange.</span></div>
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to thirty-four percent, we just whiled away the time watching cyclists, the
aquatic antics of the family on the boat behind us, and just enjoying the
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thursday 29 August. </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Colombier-Châtelot to Montbéliard</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. 16 kilometers, 9 locks, 2
lifting bridges. 4 hours, 25 minutes (including a 25 minute delay at the first
lifting bridge).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Read all about it, read all about it, read all about it here! Kate Cullen, daughter to
Lauren and Craig, was born at five-thirty this morning. First grandchild to Lynn and Shaun. Read all about it!”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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water saw us depart a bit later than usual down the lovely waterway, marred
only by the plethora of weed floating everywhere and filling the locks.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A well organized ex-lockkeepers house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs' mooring just after the bushes -<br />
we hope to stop here on our return trip.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The small quay at Voujeaucourt on a busy road.</td></tr>
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only three kilometers the port propeller jammed up in the lock so it was back
to the other engine, through the next lock and up to the first of two lifting bridges
which is supposed to operate automatically as one approaches but it didn’t budge. Fortunately, there was a small waiting platform to which we could
tie up to and it also gave me a chance to once again don the goggles, dive
under the boat, free the prop of weed, and drop my knife into the murky depths
(shallows actually but very slushy), never to be seen again. Next knife will be
attached to my wrist.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Arriving at Montbéliard was quite a surprise. The port is set in a big
square cut in the canal with one side having a long wall with bollards every
twenty-five meters apart and the other side being a ‘proper’ leisure boat port
with pontoons and fingers and quite a few boats present. We opted to stay the
first night on the wall mooring as it was a road-width from the Intermarche but
it turned out to be very noisy; not so much during the night but certainly from
the early hours of the morning when delivery trucks unloaded their contents
into the supermarket warehouse, early morning workers returning from or
departing for work slammed car doors and even the tractor operated street
sweeper was throttling its way past our window at six.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were moored in front of the yacht with the blue cover - Intermarche extreme left of pic.</td></tr>
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moved over to the marina, fortunately into a side-on mooring where the fingers
had been removed from the pontoon – the port is closing in three weeks time for
a full facelift and we suspect that they have already started work as the
season is definitely slowing down. To add credence to this, we now probably see
two med-style boats heading toward Germany and Switzerland for every canal
cruiser or barge.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new view of our previous night's mooring.</td></tr>
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with a constant stream of traffic, both vehicular and human, lots of boutiques,
cafes, restaurants, and some interesting buildings from ancient to modern but
much influenced by Bavarian-style architecture and the rise of Lutheranism
which is not surprising if one digs into the city’s history a bit. </span><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schickhardt" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">Heinrich Schickhardt</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, a German architect, was employed by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank">Frédéric de Wűrttemberg</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Count
of Montbéliard to do work on his castle and, as a result, the architect was
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Friday was Lynn’s birthday and so, after having replaced a malfunctioning,
newish float-switch with a rather patched old one and having pumped dirty water
out the shower drain and bilges, we took ourselves off for a quick tour of the
town followed by lunch at the oddly named <i>Bains Douches</i> (Baths Showers?)
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panels which we hope will be in Deluz next week, we biked off over the canal to a
huge shopping complex which, amongst other retailers, was home to a large Brico
Depot which stocked just about every conceivable piece of hardware imaginable –
except for 4mm2 twin-strand flex! Back aboard it's locker rummage time and lo-and-behold out comes four meters of genuine solar wire plus four meters of 4mm2,
single-strand electrical flex (the two combined will be adequate for one
panel), sufficient cable protector to house them, plus five meters of 4mm2
twin-strand flex already housed in cable protector. Voila!</span></div>
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hundred and thirty years of the existence of the Montbéliard cow breed to be
held near the Tourist Office on Sunday 31 August – the only problem was that 31
August was a Saturday. Some frantic Googling finally revealed that it was indeed
being held on 31 August, this very Saturday so we took a slow cycle through the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing! 6,000 plants<br />
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with some delicious, aged Comte cheese, some Montbéliard sausage and two jars of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancoillotte" target="_blank">Cancoillotte cheese</a>, so delicately delicious when served warm. The day warmed up to being
hot and uncomfortable, scuppering our plans of doing more of the tourist thing –
sitting aboard with fans whirling was much more appealing!</span></div>
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7 kilometers, 4 locks, 1 lifting bridge. 1 hour, 40 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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than of late but clear and with a southerly breeze, none of which deterred us
from our intended objective of visiting the Museum in the Château des Ducs de
Wurtemberg. Luckily for us, it was the first Sunday of the month so entrance to
the museum was free; to help fend off the coolth, a preliminary stop at a boulangerie
resulted in the demolition of a pair of <i>oranais aux abricots</i>, a French
apricot pastry made with preserved apricot halves, pâte feuilletée (puff
pastry), and pastry cream – great to enjoy at nine-fifteen in the morning!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thoroughly with its eclectic mix of exhibitions depicting the evolution of flight, the development of
the city, pre-historic to ancient developments in the area, natural sciences, and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view from the ramparts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exhibition of 20th Century artists.</td></tr>
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popped on a piece of jutting pontoon, and a gentile cruise to the tiny village
of Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs, a trip made more enjoyable by the efforts of the
young lockie who pre-set three of the four locks and the one lifting bridge in
our favour – locks are normally automatically set to favour boats coming
upstream which makes downstream locking quite tedious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dampierre ahead - looks familiar?</td></tr>
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from a spotless, small village with a number of families enjoying Sunday lunch
on their ‘<i>terrasses</i>’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elle</i></td></tr>
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during the August holiday slowed us down to the extent that we could not get up
to Mulhouse but in return gave us the unexpected bonus of ‘rose-smelling’
hours, something very valuable and much appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-41250753375893858052019-08-28T08:34:00.000+02:002019-08-30T15:01:57.275+02:00The River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: Deluz - Baume-les-Dames - Grand Crucifix (PK116.2) – l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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kilometers, 20 locks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Powa! Absolutely great to be back on two engines again, especially as
the Doubs is quite narrow in places and is flowing very nicely but the
starboard engine’s propulsion seems sluggish...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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channel through the cutting is very narrow – thankfully we did not meet any
boats coming from the opposite direction.</span></div>
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pouring through the tunnel under the building and swirls across the face of the lock<br />
and water from the barrage on the left pushes across the lock in the opposite direction.</td></tr>
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after midday, the small port looks choc-a-block but as we slowly move past the
moored boats - quite a few of which look like long-stayers – there, just before
the restaurant, is a spot just for us. Bingo (once again)!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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then back aboard for a late braai and a chat with the Azoreans – I mention the
engine issue to Ian and his only comment is “Time for a swim” confirming one of
my theories. The prop is fouled but inspection will have to wait until we are
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The town’s name comes
from the Celtic name for a cave (of which there are many in the surrounding
hills) ‘balm’, joined with the French word for ‘ladies’ (les dames) after the
noble canonesses of the abbey which was founded by St Germain, bishop of
Besançon, in AD400. Starting as a small Roman village, Baume-les-Dames becomes
a fortified town and a center of economic activity in the 14<sup>th</sup>
Century but, being a Burgundian town, its fortifications are eventually
destroyed by Louis XI and to rub salt into the wound, the town was ravaged by
fire and plague at the beginning of the 1500s. The eighteenth-century seems
Baume-les-Dames thrive again, reaching a pinnacle at the end of the nineteenth
century with the establishment of a large weaving industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fiscal focus is on tourism. So nice is the place that we decided to stay
another two nights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Baume-les-Dames to Grand Crucifix (PK116.2). 7 kilometers, 3 locks, 1 hour, 45
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to painting, and the weather is just perfect for both tasks. Having washed off
the residue paint dust and needing maintenance supplies and some new lettuces
for farmer Lynn to plant, we ride to the Gamm Vert for the seedlings, and then
to the huge Weldom hardware shop for waterpaper, paintbrushes, and a sanding
block. Back aboard we start the messy job of ‘roll and tip’ painting, a process
where one person rolls the paint on and the other person follows the ‘roller’
with a brush and paint – tricky but the result should be a good, smooth finish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Halfway through the process, a large barge sidles up and a lady shouts
at us to move our boat a meter so that they can fit in front of us. With hands
covered in paint and clutching roller and paintbrush, we look at her like she
must be crazy and Lynn says “Desolé, impossible” and we carry on. By the way,
with ‘roll and tip’ painting, it is essential that the job is finished in one
go and if it is interrupted for any length of time, the paint dries quickly and
you are left with a blemish which will need re-sanding and re-painting. So
no-ways are we stopping to move our boat!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Next thing she starts a stream of French at us, liberally sprinkled
with the word ‘Merde’ so we just ignore her and carry on. She then addresses
the patrons of the restaurant and, I imagine, tell them exactly what she thinks
of us because there are a lot more ‘Merde’s’ thrown around but they fit into
the available space albeit their stern is about half a meter from our bow. Painting
job done and hands, arms, legs, elbows and feet are finally paint-free, so I
wander on to the deck to see what the fuss had been all about and who should I
come eyeball-to-eyeball with but Madame de <i>Risico</i> – I say “A good
mooring place” and she lets fly, ending with “You English!” and a thumbs down,
and to my reply that we are not English but South African, she says “South
Africans!” and shows a thumbs down. She very nearly got a finger up. We have
never come across such a rude French person anywhere (except maybe the pump
operator at SJDL) but a bit of Google reveals that she may well be of
non-French origin but rather from a more northern part of Europe. And, walking
past their bow, they have at least three meters between themselves and the boat
in front of them, so sticking their stern right in our faces was just being
churlish and childish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The atmosphere of the port now having been totally spoiled, we decide
to move on and after passing through the Grand Crucifix lock we come upon a
small pontoon, usually festooned with a big ‘No Parking’ sign with the wording
‘Reserved for boats waiting for lock service’ but in this case, there is
nothing, so, in the way of the French waterways, if there isn’t a sign saying
you may not moor, then you may, we tie up in a most beautiful spot on the river
marred slightly by the noise from the busy road and railway line across the river.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"On the river" means goggles on, and an under-hull inspection reveals that the
starboard prop is full of weed which is duly hacked off, followed by and
inspection of the port prop and freeing it of fishing line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Best of all, the diesel drip container which is positioned under the
port engine and which I had cleaned and dried out in Baume-les-Dames, is bone
dry!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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side around our cabin windows and part of the stern – another messy job but we
are getting there slowly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by a lady lockie who informs us that there is a ‘grande peniche’ (big barge)
moored below the next lock and that it will be leaving there at nine so, if we
don’t want to cross her in the narrow channel, we had better stay put until
after it had passed or make sure that we leave early enough to pass while it
was still moored up. As we had already decided to leave at eight the barge
posed no problem and the lockie seemed quite relieved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Crucifix (PK116.2) to l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs. 24 kilometers, 10 locks, 4 hours, 30
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having only used the starboard engine from SJDL to Deluze, we set off in thick
fog, past the ‘grande peniche’ (not that big anyway), through our first lock
and, by the time we had exited the next lock, the sun was starting to burn its
way through the grey shroud, a promise of a fine day ahead.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The abandoned, fully serviced pontoon at Cherval - it<br />
is too shallow to moor there and a boat had to be towed off in 2013.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our initial destination was a supposed pontoon near the village of Pompierre-sur-Doubs but this seems to have been removed so we head on to l'Isle-sur-le-Doubs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is a lovely waterway with the only downside being that close attention
has to be paid to the channel markers as the river is quite shallow outside the
channel – and there is a lot of weed if one gets it wrong. As I found out just
before arriving at the last lock of the day when our speed dropped dramatically
and no amount of prop clearing could sort out the problem. So its starboard
engine started and off we go again, off the river and into an opaque green but
weed-free cutting leading up to the town of l’Isle-sur-le-Doubs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">l'Isle-sur-le-Doubs with our mooring on the left.</td></tr>
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some goodies, Lynn presents a luncheon of beef kidney which was delicious, a
quick nap and then it’s over the side again. Ugh, I really do not enjoy
swimming in canals especially one in the middle of a town. A big chunk of weed
is removed from the port prop and we can relax again!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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never knows what to expect during the night – bumps against the hull could be a
possible leak and subsequent grounding but are usually just fish feeding off
the hull, wind-driven wavelets slapping against the hull in irregular patterns,
early-houred youths with rasta boxes passing by and church bells. The latter
are usually melodious and tend not to be sleep-breakers but here in
I’Isle-sur-le-Doubs there is a set of three bells atop the local school which
chime three notes, one discordant, on every quarter-hour, added to which every
hour is marked with the appropriate number of gongs. And the church also chimes
out the hour every hour but its bells are far more pleasing to the ear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trolley one hundred and twenty liters of diesel across the road and then
up-lines and we move one lock upstream to where there are pay-on-demand
electricity and water bournes. Some sanding, dremelling and filling
accomplished, it’s off to Lidl for a look around – one never leaves this shop
without buying something – and then over to the Intermarche for a big stock up.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our evening meal: Homemade rolls and cheeses from the cremerie.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The history of this town (Originally three separate towns) is linked to
the Neufchâtel family, Dukes of Burgundy, who established a fortified castle on
an 800m x 100m island in the middle of the Doubs River in about 1210AD and
whose influence essentially ended when the Burgundians lost their fiefdom to
France in the 17</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Century. Of course, all the wonderful
castellations and defenses were destroyed by French army.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original town was established on the small island on the left.</td></tr>
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pleasant meal at the small restaurant, <i>L’Agape</i>, which is situated on the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montbelliard sausage, a warm cheese sauce (<i>cancoillotte</i> - delicious), frites and salad. Yummy!</td></tr>
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barge we had first seen on our second hireboat trip in 2013 – Tony was the one
who first publicized the fact that France allows long stay tourist visas,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleased to meet you Sir!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty little thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynn rescueing a dragonfly.</td></tr>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-80722593464412263292019-08-21T12:05:00.000+02:002019-08-21T12:05:35.926+02:00The River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: Ranchot – PK57 (Boussiers) – Besançon (Port de Tarragnoz) – Besançon (Port Cité des Arts) - Deluz.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to PK57 (Boussiers).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18 kilometers, 5 locks.
5 hours, 50 minutes.</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Waking to a fog-shrouded <i>Elle</i>, we were on our way long before
any sign of life had appeared on our solitary neighbours’ boat, into the dank
cutting, past the camping place, and eventually meeting the river where the
visibility really closed in to the extent that, although the waterways guide
said that the channel was fifteen meters from the bank, we could not see the
bank even although we were on the edge of the lily-field, a sure marker of the
shoreside-edge of the channel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slowly the banisters at the top of the waiting pontoon are silhouetted against
the pale sun – but not the floating pontoon which I duly drive into, giving <i>Elle</i>
a nasty scratch along her side. Ouch! The fog lifts a little until we can see
the control light, we activate the system and, somewhat shaken, we lock
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already, was a gem, with clear and absolutely stunningly reflective water
beaming back images of hills and trees and peeking houses.</span></div>
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definitely slowing from when we were here last, nearly a month ago; hireboat
traffic has definitely slowed significantly, and the flotilla of Swiss, German
and the occasional Dutch flagged boats, racing toward the Rhine is, thankfully,
almost a memory – they should be back at work next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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saved-from-the-scrapyard, cruiser, pushed into the space between us forcing the
hirer to up-lines and move a meter back (we refused) although there was more
than enough space for them to fit into the mooring available – fortunately,
after lighting a large braai and reducing a dozen sausages to charcoal, the
smoke of which, together with that of their most foul-smelling cigarettes,
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later, leaving behind at PK57, the deserted Nichols. still moored and deserted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one armed with what looked like quite an expensive camera, who took an instant
interest in our approach. The camera shutter never stopped and once secured in
the lock (we made a bit of a mess of it but noting more serious than a crossed
line, which jammed for a minute) they explained that they were journalists from
a national publication L’Est, and then they proceeded with the questions: “Are
you going to Besançon?”, “Have you been to Besançon before”, “What nationality
are you?”, “Is this your own boat?”, “How long do you travel in France for?”
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />We then lock through into Besançon through my most-hated lock where the
current from the Doubs River flows at right angles to one’s beam – some get it
right but I am just unable. No damage however, and passing the next lock and
tunnel under Besançon and a twenty five meter barge secured to the one-of-two
thirty-meter (waiting? – we’re not sure) pontoons we find a space in front of a
neat Linsson, </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sonate</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> at the adjoining mooring. A great place to spend an
evening before morphing into the Port Cité des Artes upon the morning where
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(Port de Tarragnoz) to Besançon (Port Cité des Arts). 1 kilometer, 1 lock, 1
tunnel. 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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the main port, Port Cité des Artes, was that it is quite a bit closer to the
Intermarche, a four kilometer cycle trip which we undertake the next morning,
arriving five minutes before the eight thirty opening time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not sure why but the ‘early’ morning shopping crowd at supermarkets are
quite a different breed to those shoppers who arrive later; local beggar sets
up her office, a longish queue at the doors, doors open and they rush for the
specials, inspecting and grabbing and stuffing into tatty trolleys, inspecting
the wheelie pallets with yet unpacked, newer specials, try and get the assistant
to put the necessary discount label in place so that these can be added to the
trolley load and then move to the checkout counter, slowly unpack the trolley contents
onto the conveyor, say the necessary pleasantries to the cashier, pack the
totaled products back into the trolley, dig around for the purse/wallet,
produce the loyalty card, replace, dig around for the vouchers and receive the
necessary credits, dig around for the credit card or millions of small change,
cashier chit-chat some more, and finally, thankfully depart. Only three more in
front of us…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes they can be quite rude. Lynn had found seven bottles of her
favourite wine, which we buy whenever we can find it, and had loaded five into
our trolley when a packet toting, rheumy eyed, early shopper barged Lynn out of
his way and grabbed the remaining two, a mini-scene reminiscent of <i>Solent
Green</i>. C’est la vie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lovely part of Besançon which we have not seen before but are sure to on our
return visit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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operated lock and tunnel, a sharp turn to port to the Port Cité des Artes, an
about turn to face into the current and, with a helpful onshore breeze we were
safely tied up in no time at all. Lynn walked off to the nearby laundry while I
kept watch to ensure that no-one locked the left-open gate which allows exit
from, and entry to, the mooring – and also to make sure that the hirer, who had
borrowed our water connector, returned it. Positives on both counts were
followed by a pork roast on the Weber, something which I still have not quite
mastered – give me two more attempts and all will be good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After the hirer had departed, there were only two of us left on the quay,
the other boat being a lovely, new-build barge named <i>Emily</i> – it appeared
deserted until we saw a person heading for the <i>poubelle </i>(rubbish bin)
but never saw her return – and, although not battened down, we never saw a sign
of life on the boat again. The boat was flying a US state flag, this time the
‘Republic of California’ flag, something in which we have noticed an upsurge,
presumably in protest against Donald Trump. This was confirmed by a State-of-Texas-flag-flying,
barge owner. Personally, I find this behavior an affront to all who have
moulded the history of the United States of America. Despite our ex-(thankfully)-“Bring
me my machine gun”- giggling, numerically challenged, embarrassment of a
president, we have always flown (worn, sigh…) the ZA flag. Not the old Republic
flag and not the Colony of Natal flag. Just our national flag. Anything wrong
with that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their national colours?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Three AM. Footfalls on the ‘secured’ pontoon, rubber soles against our
hull, running. Lynn drags the curtain aside and sees a teenager climbing back
over the steel, barred gate, supposedly clutching my straw hat which is normally
housed over the control levers on the bridge steering position. Jumping out of
bed, I grab the camera and our most powerful torch, head upstairs, give the
youngsters (two guys, two girls) as many lumens as possible directly into their
eyes, see the one whip off my hat, take a photo, Lynn hands me the cellphone
with which I attempt, in vain, to phone the gendarmes. Darth Vader lumens still
blinding said yoofs, I demand “Mon chapeau, s‘il te plait” and, after a bit of
discussion, the two adolescents, somewhat embarrassedly deposited my hat back
through the barred gate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(Port Cité des Arts) to Deluz. 19 kilometers, 4 locks. 5 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After the incident the previous night we just could not wait to leave
Port Cité des Artes and so, still single-engined, we head up the Doubs River,
pass through our first lock accompanied by the old yacht, <i>Kinderen van de
Wind</i>,<i> </i>which had been moored behind us on Friday night, get passed by
them shortly after exiting – our single engine is only sixty-four horsepower
and with the river narrowing and the current consequently increasing, our speed
is slowly diminishing.</span></div>
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blow, fortunately directly onto our stern, whipping up white-horses and making
locking-through a tad tricky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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last lock into a cutting, decide not to moor up at the Deluz port as this would
mean docking at right angles to the strong wind gusts (up to 60kph apparently),
and tie up against a bank directly opposite the workshop where we hope to have
our diesel leak repaired.</span></div>
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the recommended restaurant is closed on Sundays - so it is back on board for
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Mairie notice board - we did not<br />
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to settle in after their three weeks annual leave, we stroll over the bridge
and introduce ourselves to Claude, ‘Le Chef’. In no time at all we have three
people swarming over our engine compartment and, after an extended lunch break
during which they went somewhere to buy a copper crush-washer which they hoped
would be the solution to the problem, they return, spanners are wielded and
eventually we get the instruction “Please start the engine” which happens
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br />After a few moments of torch shining and intent peering, the
long grey haired and bearded, tiny mechanic who is tucked behind the engine give
a thumbs up – fantastic, no more diesel leak! Very reasonably priced and lovely
people, we cannot recommend the Chantier Nautique Deluz at Doubs Plaisance (06 82 07 61
81) highly enough, and we were very pleased that we made the decision not to
have the work done by the dubious crowd in SJDL. We have also ordered a new
water pressure container which they will fit on our return – and the quote that
they gave us to lift <i>Elle</i> out of the water, apply four coats of
International to the hull and then anti-foul her was by far the cheapest we
have been quoted anywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So to celebrate, we wandered into the village to have lunch, find the
restaurant open, but are informed that they are actually closed for their
August holiday…we did not suggest that they put up a little sign to this effect
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on their prominently displayed menu.
Back to boat with baguette for lunch and eventually to bed with high hopes that
tomorrow’s cruise to Baume-les-Dames will prove conclusively that the diesel
issue has been properly resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-38491014395917668912019-08-13T14:58:00.000+02:002019-08-13T14:58:33.207+02:00The Sâone to the River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: Saint-Jean-de-Losne – Abergement le-Ronce – Rochefort-sur-Nenon – Ranchot.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Abergement le-Ronce. 10,5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>kilometers, 3 locks. 3 hours, 45 minutes (See
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of the night before, we pushed off before nine, turned downstream to the
quayside fuel bowser and then, just on cue, the heavens opened! We managed to
get in one hundred and fifty liters of diesel (and hopefully no water) before
setting off again upstream to our first lock, upon arrival at which, there were
two boats waiting for service. So we tied up, Lynn scrubbed the one side of the
hull and, after a good thirty minutes, the lock emptied, I executed a very
clumsy turn and scraped Lynn’s newly painted handrail, up we went, collected
our telecommand and we were finally on our way to Dole.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A short way before the second lock we spot a very small boat (maybe six
meters long), with two people aboard, tied to the side, and see their engine
splutter into life. The man does a little jig and I think that they had just
resolved an engine issue but they have more devious plans. As we pass, they up-pins and follow us to the lock, forcing us to the front to fight the
deluge. He then asks that we move even further forward because they need to get
to the ladder to climb up and get their lines around a bollard; I asked him why
he had waited for us to pass and then follow us into the lock rather than just
going into the lock before we arrived on the scene. His reply: “Why don’t you
just help with our lines – you only have a couple of steps to climb up the (very
slimy) ladder and we have a lot” - and then the penny dropped. They were waiting for a single,
‘big’ boat to come along who would do their dirty ladder work for them and take
the force of the inrush, while they just sat back and relaxed on the way to
their next destination – probably Dole, another seventeen kilometers and
five locks ahead. Hence the jig when they spotted their prey. And they took
forever to sort themselves out in the lock. Even the maintenance lockie looked on in utter astonishment!</span></div>
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le-Ronce which is just before lock number four and watched as they passed in the
pouring rain to do the lock-through on their own. And it’s a high one which we
hope they enjoyed – the boat’s name is <i>Archibald Haddock</i>, by the way!</span></div>
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before Choisey when the sun came out, showing off a sparkling day. We had a
short delay at the first lock after Dole but thankfully no other boats came up
behind us and we glided into the lock all on our ownsomes. Rising, a glance
over the lock doors revealed <i>Archibald Haddock</i> waddling toward the lock
and, with hopefully only one more lock to go before our intended and earnestly
hoped-for stopover at Rochefort-sur-Nenon (described in a cruising guide as “Peaceful,
picturesque river mooring. Pontoon in high demand”), we knew that they would never
catch us but, after the previous day, probably didn’t want to anyway.</span></div>
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after passing through the narrow check-lock one passes onto the wide Doubs river,
bordered on one side by high sandstone or limestone cliffs topped by the Forest of Chaux, at
the base of which is the twenty-five-meter long pontoon – with only one small
Med-type speedboat parked there. Another bonus of this particular stopover is
that the cliffs give protection from the hot, late afternoon sun.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toilets (well frequented by the dozens of passing cyclists), a washing up basin with water,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View forward off our bow.</td></tr>
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picnic under the trees, fish in the river and relax in the most decorous way –
no loud music, no drunkenness, and no mess after they all went home. Bliss!</span><br />
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much so that we will extend our stay here, even if it means running engines for
an hour or two to keep the batteries topped up so that the fridges can cope in
the high temperatures expected. And the village is having a ‘fête’ all weekend
with petanque competitions, bands, and dancing - and a vide grenier.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The 18thC Eglise Saint-Laurent - the first church<br />in the area dated from AD1000.</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The village's history goes back to prehistoric times where evidence that Cro
Magnons inhabited the area. Later it was occupied by the Romans and a town named
Hebe was established on the salt road to Auxonne – it was at this time that a
castillum was built on the Rochefort cliffs to protect the road. After the fall
of the Roman Empire, the hilltop castle and town below fell under the control of
the Dukes of Burgundy and the castle and town were named Rochefort after one of
the powerful Burgundian nobles who, during a period of power-struggle amongst
the ruling Dukes, did a land grab and refused to pay homage but eventually, and
after a few wars, the land reverts to France.</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“On
May 23, 1479, two days before the sack and the taking of Dole by Louis XI, the
Emperor Maximilian sells for 10,000 francs, Claude de Vaudrey "the city,
castle, town, and seigneury of Rochefort..." Less than a century
later, Philip II King of Spain and grandson Maximilian, bought Rochefort for
the same sum to the descendants of Claude de Vaudrey.</span></i></div>
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two centuries (from 1477 to 1678), Rochefort is almost autonomous under the
control of the Parliament of Dole appointed by the Emperor of Austria.</span></i></div>
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relative autonomy does not mean peace because the Franks Comtois see their
country ravaged successively by the Spanish troops, the Protestant
"reiters", the army of Henry IV, the War of Ten Years, the Swedes and
the rampage and looting by Louis XIV.” </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">(Source: <a href="http://rochefort-sur-nenon.reseaudespetitescommunes.fr/fr/information/57817/40-000-ans-racontes" target="_blank">Rochefort-sur-Nenon Tourism</a></span> ).</div>
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along with Franche Compté, finally becomes French territory. And for the history buffs, follow this link to the Wiki font of all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Burgundy" target="_blank">Dukes of Burgundy</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Burgundy" target="_blank">Kingdom of Burgundy</a> knowledge - molecular physics is less complex!</span></div>
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exhibition we gave a miss as the weather turned and it poured with fat gobbets
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are moored behind the big trees on the left.</td></tr>
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grenier’ had been set up and, after having wandered past the forty-or-so tables
and bought nothing (two in a row – a miracle!)</span></div>
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all came back to life, allowing us a gentle cruise through the next two locks
to find, on arrival at Ranchot, a space just big enough for us to fit into between
two other cruisers, waiting. By nightfall, a tiny German cruiser had squeezed into the
space in front of the boat on our bow, the sloping wall mooring on the opposite
bank had three boats attached and, on our side of the canal but beyond the
bridge downstream, a small Swiss cruiser had attached itself to the cycle path railings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the storm and before the next lot of rain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next morning after the madding crowd had departed.</td></tr>
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on opening the curtain, there stood a very wet Swiss gentleman with an
electricity cord in his hand who asked, in what sounded like Flemish (I could
understand him but he could not understand my Afrikaans), if we could move our
connection to the outlet on our bow (which we knew was not working) as their
cable was ten meters too short to reach their boat. Not understanding what I
was saying, he summoned his friend who spoke English and, when we offered to
resolve the problem with a splitter, there were broad grins all round – and we
ended up being presented with a bottle of lovely Swiss Chianti!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we took a stroll through the surprisingly cute village, the only downside being
that the boulangerie is closed on Mondays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks nondescript but there are some little surprises.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gorgeous 'gite'.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old train tunnel built solely to service the iron mine.<br />
When the mining company moved its business to a barge company, the railroad company<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Founded in the 15thC, it has been<br />
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and rode the three kilometers into neighbouring Fraisans (the forge town), past
a huge field which had been host to the <a href="https://nologofestival.fr/programmation/" target="_blank">NoLogo music festival</a>, to a Colruyt
supermarket to stock up and, after dropping said provisions off at the boat,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We think an old pottery factory.</td></tr>
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that the nearby hotel was serving ‘pied de veau’ (veal foot/trotter/knuckle) as
part of their plat de jour – and a most enjoyable and inexpensive meal it was
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We have thoroughly enjoyed ‘slowing down’ in Ranchot but it’s time to
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-50453328024108078842019-08-07T08:22:00.000+02:002019-08-07T08:22:44.220+02:00A few days in Saint-Jean-de-Losne.<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Having been forced to slow down our pace quite dramatically, and having blogged in the past about the sights and sounds of this town, I thought that I would try and uncover a little of Saint-Jean-de-Losne’s history, some of which is quite interesting.</span><br />
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opposite bank (Left Bank) town of Losne was settled by Celts in the early ages
and later by Gallo-Romans where it was an important crossing point for the transportation
of salt from Salins-les-Bains to Dijon. The first church was established in 613 on the site where the existing church, The Church of Our Lady of Losne, now stands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, a bridge was built from Losne to the
opposite bank (Right Bank) which gave rise to Saint-Jean-de-Losne, originally a suburb of Losne, until granted a charter in 1227 when it became a town in its
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old wooden bridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stone bridge, often damaged by ice and floods.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 1880's built bridge, partially (at the second span) destroyed by the French/RAF in 1940<br />
and then completely destroyed by the retreating Germans in 1944.<br />
The steeple of Notre-Dame de Losne can be seen in the background.</td></tr>
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are a lot more blogs of regional historic interest to be found at this website,
like this one <a href="http://saint-jean-de-losnetourisme.blogspot.com/2011/11/le-vitrail-de-galas-dans-leglise-de.html">http://saint-jean-de-losnetourisme.blogspot.com/2011/11/le-vitrail-de-galas-dans-leglise-de.html</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During the Rennaissance period, it all becomes a bit hectic with the area
belonging to the Counts of Burgundy who were, at some time or other, rulers of
Spain, the Netherlands and Austria, countries to which Saint-Jean-de-Losne belonged
until 1522 when the Sâone River becomes the border between the Kingdom of
France and the Holy Roman Empire. During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" target="_blank">Thirty Years War,</a> Catholic France
sided with Protestant Sweden against the Holy Roman Empire which was controlled
by the Catholic Habsburg dynasty and in 1636 the Austrians laid siege to Saint-Jean-de-Losne
whose citizens famously held out until French reinforcements could arrive and
rout <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Gallas" target="_blank">General Gallas'</a> army.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'Deliberation', a meeting where the citizens agreed to continue fighting.<br />
From a painting hanging in the Town Hall.</td></tr>
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erected in 1891 at the place where the meeting took place.</td></tr>
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hot coals for throwing at the enemy and<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In recognition of this “Beautiful Defence” King
Louis XIII granted the inhabitants of the town a large exemption from paying
taxes, a privilege only lost after the Revolution some one hundred and fifty
years later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Europe today, there were so many ‘nations’ back in the 17<sup>th</sup> Century,
all having treaties binding one or another to support each other’s political
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again resisted the invading Austrians and drove them off the bridge over the
Sâone River, an act of bravery for which the town was awarded the Cross of the
Legion of Honour by Napoleon, the first town in France, along with Chalon and
Tournus, to be awarded this honour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Coat-of-Arms of Saint-Jean-de-Losne.</td></tr>
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a great deal of economic activity between 1890 and 1960 but since then has been
in gradual decline, although it still hosts a large cruising fraternity.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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history however. Apart from the mandatory visits to the shops, we also did some
sightseeing,</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Church of St John the Baptist in SJDL.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The votive boat to St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the new pizzeria on the quay, 'La Storia' - thumbs up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The menu from one of the quayside eateries.</td></tr>
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whiling away the hours in quite warm (mid-thirties in the saloon) weather for
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been a bit of a blur as is always the case when one has guests on board. To
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traveled all the way from Durban, Chard and Birgit had to take a train to
Besançon via Strasbourg so arrived quite late in the evening, beating a howling
gale and a massive downpour, by minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PK57 (near Boussieres). 17 kilometers, 7 locks, 2 tunnels. 4 hours, 35 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our cruising guidelines from our guests were “Wild mooring and not too
many cities or too much history” so the next morning we set off for PK57, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">about
as wild a mooring as one can get. Bee (Birgit) went snap-happy as we entered
the tunnel which cuts through Besançon and must have taken a million
photographs by the time we dropped them off in Auxonne.</span></div>
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Boussieres) to Dole. 40 kilometers, 12 locks. 7 hours, 0 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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day but one which warmed up nicely – and, with Chard taking the wheel, I could
view the passing countryside in detail. It’s amazing what you miss while
focusing on keeping the pointy bit facing forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(?!), a trundle through the park until accosted by the shawarma van which
relieved us of a few coins in return for some tasty eaties, downhill and across
the bridge from where we watched a charter barge push a private barge off the
apparently-reserved-for-hotel-barges-mooring, a ‘couple’ of toots and that was
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanine</i> claiming her spot.</td></tr>
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upon by another diesel leak. Under Chard’s supervision (apart from other
skills, he is a self-taught diesel mechanic), Bee climbed behind the port
engine (she is the only one small and flexible enough to be able to get into
the dark side of that engine), and tried to tighten a possible offending loose
nut but no luck so we will now have to get professional help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and, apart from having to share a lock with a crew of women who had obviously
just hired their boat that day and who, after a couple of locks, were quite
stressed so they waved us through, we were lucky to be allowed through the last
lock during lockie lunchtime, arriving at SJDL to find that our luck with finding
mooring on ‘The Steps’ was still holding out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Auxonne. 18 kilometers, 1 lock. 2 hours, 10 minutes.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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locked through a bit earlier than usual for our arrival in this curiosity of a
town but still found a place on the municipal pontoon, ideal because it is
close to the station from whence C&B will depart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tickets. Needless to say, the evening was a bit of a farewell riot of nibbles
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were up early to find a watch which had disappeared some days earlier, finish
packing, load the cases onto the pontoon and then onto the bike trolley and, as
they walked to the station, we biked the suitcases ahead of them. After six
crazy days we said our goodbyes and, while they settled in to await the arrival
of their transport to Paris, we buzzed back to the Intermarche to re-provision.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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de Centre supposedly closing early in August and with the possibility that the
Fragnes port might have to be drained during the winter so that the big
downstream lock can be repaired, we need certainty – and for some or other
reason, Auxonne appeals to us. Port Captain John re-affirmed that he has space
but we need to do the reservation at the H2O head office in SJDL.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Auxonne to Saint-Jean-de-Losne. 22 kilometers, 1 lock. 3 hours, 30 minutes
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downstream, headed through the check lock, down the two-kilometer long cutting
where we activated the lock sequence and where First Mate noticed that one of
our balloon fenders was missing. Mea culpa! Just after entering the cutting I
had adjusted the fender to stop it dragging in the water but had obviously not
tied it back on properly; at one stage I had looked back and noticed quite a
large object behind us and had simply assumed that it was a swan paddling
around so just ignored it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a Fender!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So back we go, down the cutting, retrieve the fender, turn around, do
the two kilometer return trip, activate the lock, lock through, and head off to
SJDL, all on one engine in order to save liters of diesel leakage. But
beautiful conditions for cruising.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty barge but I'm not sure I would name my boat <i>Anima</i></td></tr>
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headed for his port, got both props totally fouled in the weed, to the extent
that he and Jenny had to force the bow backwards to avoid us hitting the dock
as we had no propulsion in reverse.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our propellers are immersed in this stuff!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Eventually, we were tied up and the planning was put
into action; the biggest problem is that we need a small person to get behind
the engine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Plan A: Get one of the port’s mechanics to have a look but the small
guy is on leave – his colleague will call him and ask if he would like to earn
some pocket money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and who is ‘small’ to have a look. Message left on his cell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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look. "Yes, but he is on leave".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Plan D: Ask the same of the H2O base – their mechanic is also on leave
so we pay the deposit for our winter mooring and, dejectedly, walk back to <i>Elle</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Plan E: Call a marine workshop in the town of Deluz which had
apparently done a really good job on one of Rory’s friends' boat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At midday there is a shout from Rory confirming the David (Plan B) has
arrived; he climbs behind the engine, nips a nut which we suspected might be
causing the problem, we start the engine and the diesel flows. David says he
can’t help any further. A little later we hear another call from Rory –
Valentin (Plan A) has arrived! He inserts himself behind the engine, tests
various nuts for tightness, we start the engine and the diesel flows. “I can’t
help you any further. The leak is coming from behind the pump and it will have
to be removed”. Just what we didn’t want to have happen. So we approach the
proprietor of the port who shrugs and says that his mechanics are busy until
the end of September or for the next two weeks at least – he gives us the name
of “someone from the area” whom he says can do the job and leaves us with a
parting comment “If he needs spares for the pump or a new pump, we can provide”.
We decide to think things over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The next morning Lynn calls ‘Chantier nautique Deluz’ (Plan E), speaks
to a friendly gent there who says they are capable of doing the job but all his
mechanics are on leave – these August summer holidays! – but they will be back
on 19 August so that is where we will be going, very slowly, as it was our
destination for about the 6<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing headstands in the engine room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rory at work before helping us out of the weed.</td></tr>
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reverse out into the channel, and leave the weed-infested hole-of-a-port and
head for the ‘Steps’ where an <i>Elle</i> sized space welcomes us.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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from the restaurant alongside, and all is well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-68580822171114483942019-07-26T14:57:00.000+02:002019-07-26T16:42:32.338+02:00The Petite Saône to the Sâone to the River Doubs/Canal Rhone-au-Rhin: Auxonne – Saint-Jean-de-Losne – Choisey – Ranchot – PK 57 Weir – Besançon.<br />
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St-Jean-de-Losne. 15 kilometers, 1 locks. 2 hours, 30 minutes.</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Having heard from the harbourmaster at Port Royal that the locks
between St-Jean-de-Losne (SJDL) and Gray open at seven in the morning and not
at nine as indicated in our guide nor as advised by another boater friend, we
set off early so as to be at the first lock by eight and back in SJDL after ten
when mooring space should have opened up on the ‘steps’.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the gentlest of conditions, we cruise down the two-kilometer long
cutting which by-passes a shallow section of the river and in no time are back on
the wide, pretty Petite Sâone River, being pushed along, at low revs, by the
gentle current. There are boats tucked in the bushes everywhere indicating that
the season is in full swing and we start doubting that we will find space in St
Jean but our hopes are raised as, within a couple of kilometers of the port,
three boats pass us going upstream.</span><br />
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are on the non-canalised sections it is the Doubs and when you are on the
canalised sections you are on the Canal Rhone-au-Rhin), we round a bend and
there are the Steps of SJDL – packed! We hover alongside the ‘no mooring’ sign
in the space reserved for the huge hotel boats which visit on a scheduled basis
while Lynn jumps off to check their visiting dates on the board. Totally out of
date but the lady at the quayside restaurant confirms that a boat is due in
today so we definitely cannot moor there today. There is a too-small space
behind the big booze-cruise boat and we decide to give it a try especially as
they seem to be moving out; but they are not, just turning around but we
persevere anyway and with a teeny bit of co-operation from him, we manage to
fit in with a margin of comfort – until he opens his huge lifting window which
reaches beyond our davits and, if there is turbulence of any magnitude like that
caused by small speedboats passing on half-plane, we are likely to smash the
glass. So we squeeze right up to the boat in front, spread out a spiderweb of
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have been repaired, they can up-lines and depart, and we can move forward ten
meters, away from the threat of fighting it out with the big tourist boat, a fight we would surely lose.</span><br />
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have G&T’s; Lynn tells them that the SA vs Ozzie match is starting at three
o’clock and so, after a short stay, they cycle off, reporting back a little
later that there is a pub which will be showing the rugby – are we game? Hmmmm,
we have Jenny and Rory coming around for sundowners…after many telephone calls
and confirmation that the game is at five, we decide to give it a miss but
post-game drinky-poos with the Pottages was interrupted by the Kiwis reporting
back to ask if we had received their score commentary (we hadn’t) but we had
been following some other commentary so knew the result. Go Boks, go – 35 -17!
Pete and Jane join the party and some while later all ‘meander’ off to their
respective bateaux. Big Springbok flag goes up up-front immediately upon the
morrow.</span><br />
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Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Choisey. 19 kilometers, 7 locks. 5 hours, 0 minutes.</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we are readying to move downstream to the waterside diesel bowser we
notice our front neighbour setting off upstream – very early for a French
flagged boat, so presumably they must be heading for Auxonne as it is far too
early to catch the nine o’clock opening of the first Rhone-au-Rhin lock. Cool,
if we’re in luck we will be there by nine and possibly be able to lock-through
on our lonesomes. Ninety-six litres and one hundred and forty-eight euros later
we are on our way upstream to the lock, arriving just past nine only to see our
neighbor tied to the waiting quay; we hover, lock doors open, we indicate that
he should go in first, he says likewise, so do we, so does he, and, when we see
he is determined not to untie until we take the front (not-so-nice) place, we
move along giving him the hard look. He follows, ties up alone (wife still
sleeping?), up we go, tie up, report to the Capitainerie to collect our
telecommand, lockkeeper notices my mutters about our lock follower and explains
that he is locking through on his own, I ask about his wife, lockie says “Maybe
sleeping?” I reply. “Maybe she should get up and help him now?” Shrug. The
lockkeeper obviously told him about our disaffection with the state of affairs
so Monsieur le capitain from <i>La Parenthese</i> came over to say that his
wife had gone home the previous evening and he was indeed traveling alone. So
be it – we get to surf the waves.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chemical factory.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unlike <i>Jeanine</i>, this 'proper' commercial stopped his peniche so that we could pass<br />
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lock-through neighbor right on our bow with two other boats in front of him.
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Ranchot. 11 kilometers, 9 locks. 4 hours, 50 minutes. 4 hours, 50 minutes.</span></b><br />
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(‘Haute Saison’): Green = Free Navigation, Red = “Special Lock service”
whatever that means. Previously, we had asked a lockie if the locks closed at
lunchtimes (as indicated – Red Zone) to which he replied in the negative,
indicating that all was automated now but with the proviso that if one had a
problem with the locks during the ‘Red Zone’ lunchtime period, one should not
expect any assistance until after lunch. Naturally, this <u>is</u> France.</span><br />
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thirty for our first lock, two and a half kilometers away, arriving at at eight
– hey presto, the lights change in our favour, we trundle through a sleeping
Dole port, through the next lock and by ‘usual’ lock opening time we have done
three locks all alone – bliss! We must try this again.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meandering along the lily lane.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gorgeous canal north of Dole.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This dinghy must have irritated a couple of other boaters in the locks and side-on pontoons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fisherman doing what fishermen do - fishing off a waiting pontoon.</td></tr>
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with a port propeller full of weed so its goggles (apologies to serious divers
for not using the correct nomenclature of ‘mask’) on, head under the swim platform,
and most of the weed is removed with the aid of a boathook; but not enough, so it’s
on with the proper mask and Croc flippers (Oops! Fins. But they are actually slip-on shoes) and over the side to
clear the rest.</span><br />
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the bridge to tie up, gets told off by the ‘tax collector’, we offer rafting
space which they accept all the while giving the ‘commission agent’ words and
refusing to pay for rafting against another boat, especially as they are not
going to be using any services (they did top up with water [wink]). A good bit
of French parry and thrust. We helped out a desperate hirer with extra hose and
use of our water supply for which our ‘rafter’ <i>Maverick</i> seemed to think
we were nice people and deserving of a bottle of Cremant de Bourgogne bubbles.
Nice but we have warned them that we will be departing at seven the next
morning and they can then take our place for breakfast.</span><br />
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PK57 (near Boussieres). 18 kilometers, 5 locks. 4 hours, 50 minutes. </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A bit of dew wiped from the decks and windows heralds a very warm day
ahead. <i>Maverick</i>’s owner is up and about on time, enquires as to whether
we are going downstream ‘Dole direction’ or upstream ‘Besancon direction’;
knowing what is about to transpire I mumble “direction Besancon” to which he
replies with the dreaded “I think we will follow you” – only five locks but one
of them is nearly four meters lift with at least another meter and a half of
wall (do you remember Tessa?) so somewhat problematic for two boats sharing. Doable
but not enjoyable ESPECIALLY IF ONE IS IN FRONT (did he overhear me? Apparently
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">First lock comes into sight, mechanism activated, we enter and tie up,
he enters with wife on the bow in her shorty jarmies, clearly unhappy to have
to be up in the middle of any self-respecting European’s midnight, she has
words with him, they tie up, activate mechanism, she complains about our diesel
fumes (“Don’t yer just love the smell of diesel in the mornin’?”), I’m not
prepared to fight the current with the motors off – maybe we are earning that
bottle of Cremant. Maybe they want it back?</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Maverick</i> following.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm fine mate...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...you just squeeze through. After passing this boat another barge came the other way.<br />
I wonder what was said.</td></tr>
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but see <i>Maverick</i> tie up in the cutting behind us, obviously to let us
get ahead and lock through on our, and their, own. No sooner have we snugged
down against the rustic wall adjacent to the soothing waterfall-song of the nearby
weir than our erstwhile ‘lock-throughers’ came roaring past, she in her little
paddling pool and he with a smile, relieved to see us stationary.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cutting leading<br />
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while I tried to catch up on this blog.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The couple on the hirer behind us are enjoying a few dips in the lovely
cool river and, at about five, another hireboat slides professionally into
place, we give him a bit of a clap and shouts of “Encore, encore!” and, in
record time, skipper switches off, gulps down a small Kronenbourg, and plunges
over the side into the river – a real class act! A youngster on this boat is
suffering from heatstroke and part of their team have cycled off to try and
find a town selling water (hardly anyone drinks the tap water here) so Matron
Lynn grabs a liter-and-a-half of bottled water and promptly dispenses advice to
the dad along with two packets of Rehydrate.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And talking of class(less) acts, we hear that Bojo the Clown is now
prime minister (Note: Lower case) of the uk (again). What a joke!</span></div>
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Boussieres) to Besançon. 18 kilometers, 7 locks. 7 hours, 5 minutes (50-minute
delay at the double lock).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Still testing our theory but this time on a cruise which includes two
tunnels, we are on our way shortly after seven – absolutely glorious conditions
but it is warming up quickly. At the Thoraise lock we are informed by the owner
of <i>La Parenthese</i> that his ignition will not start the boat “And could we
tow him…” to somewhere, the somewhere being lost in the translation from the
French original. We ‘dosolé-ly’ say that unfortunately, we are not comfortable
with having to tow him through locks and tunnels and maybe he should just ‘phone
for a mechanic? Or ‘phone a battery supplier?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Thoraise tunnel lights are off but we stop a VNF van and ask if we
can pass through anyway, he gives the thumbs up and by eight forty-five we are
at the double lock at PK63; no red light but we do the necessary with the
telecommand to set the system into operation, a light starts flashing (good
sign), the green light comes on (a very good sign but the lock doors are not
open), the lock doors open (a great sign), we motor into the lock and activate
the correct mechanism and wait. Activate it again and – nothing (a very bad
sign). So we reverse out to the waiting pontoon, notice that the lights are now
on double red (lock dead – the worst sign), call the VNF to be told, someone
would be arriving. After twenty minutes of waiting in the rapidly rising
temperature, I walk to the lock intercom, explain again that the lock is ‘en
panne’ (‘out of order’) and am informed that the technician is dealing with
another problem and we will be attended to thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reds go off, singe red comes on, goes off, comes on, changes to green and in we
go. Lockie wants to know what happened, Lynn explains with exactitude, he
shrugs and shakes his head, operates the system and we are on our way again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the doors before a hireboat hoves into sight and we are obliged to wait for
them – and we are at the front of the lock again! One more lock and we are at
the tunnel leading to our mooring but it is just after twelve and the tunnel is
on its lunchbreak; in any event, I had wanted to circumnavigate Besançon</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We cruised clockwise to the yellow cross. The tunnel is the line in turquoise.</td></tr>
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than taking the short-cut through the tunnel so this is what we did on the
hottest day in Besançon since 1984. At the end of the loop is a lock, one which
has to be manually operated so Lynn jumps off and does the sweaty necessary
while I sauna away under the dodger.</span></div>
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are through and tie up at long pontoon, set up the sprinkler system and drink
copious amounts of water and orange juice before moving on to beer and wine in
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-83242031945722200772019-07-19T17:43:00.002+02:002019-07-19T17:43:47.433+02:00The Petite Saône: About Turn! Gray – Mantoche – Port St Pierre – Auxonne.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to the Intermarche for some last-minute provisioning, we then had to find the
owner of the boat with whom we were ‘splitting’ off (he of the Burgundy red) as
we needed to get going but were not comfortable with cutting off his supply
without letting him know first, especially as he had indicated that he would
like to take our place when we left. I thought it was the yellow boat, four
down from us but Lynn was advised by a lady on this boat’s stern that that
boat’s owner had gone cycling. Odd. Eventually, and as a last resort, I decided
to sacrifice a two-pin to three-pin connector so as to leave him with power,
and then set off on our way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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‘advice-boat’ came hurrying down the quay and, in rapid-fire French, informed
us that we had the wrong boat; our companion-in-courant was on the boat in
front of the yellow boat. Lynn went across and informed him that we were
leaving, he said that’s fine as he was also probably leaving and did not need
electricity, we retrieved our adaptor, started engines, untied, turned to port
to execute an about turn only to find a Dutch-flagged Fisher-type yacht/cruiser
hurtling towards us at top speed, seemingly out of nowhere.</span></div>
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kilometer per hour speed limit from the downstream bridge, past the port, and
up to the lock but, in their wisdom, the VNF (bless their souls) have seen fit
to place the sign high above the river up near the road, and it is now mostly
obscured by bushes so those who like to travel at the fifteen kilometer per
hour maximum speed allowed on most of the river, simply do not slow down –
forget the courtesy of reducing speed when passing moored boats. Nonetheless,
we took evasive action and ducked back to starboard as they roared past us,
then they jammed on anchors as we finally executed our turn downstream, did an
about-turn, changed their minds, did another about-turn, and proceeded upstream
to activate the lock mechanism. Funny people some.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trundling downstream on a large, languid river and by ten-thirty we were tied
up at the exact same spot in Mantoche as we had left a week previously. One of
the last things we did before leaving Gray was to buy some cheapo carpeting
(think Putt-Putt but rougher), mainly to cover the bottom forepeak bunks which
are dirt-stained, exposed plywood. On a spur, we decided to buy some more to
cover the forepeak floor and our bedroom floor – all looks good and we think
the colour is good but when we find a proper carpet shop we will buy a deeper
and better quality pile, redo our cabin and the forepeak floor again and then
take on the biggie – re-carpeting the saloon. A busy day with Lynn doing the
back-bending stuff and moi, anything just to be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'Not Very Nice' carpeting.</td></tr>
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day (almost): Sometimes, there is nothing like sitting on a boat and watching
the water, waterfowl, other boats, dogs interacting, people circling and new
moorers incoming. Sometimes it gets a bit frantic, especially if a really
tatty, built-like-a-tank, strakes on every pointy-bit boat, heads towards one
with two elderly (most of us are) crew brandishing boathooks and with the
captain somewhat oblivious to the wind conditions but determined to moor astern
of one, heads one’s way. Boathooks are useless as fender-offers, and the
brandishers thereof could probably have felt, intuitively, Lynn’s hiss from the
saloon as they pointed the metal poles at our paintwork, shabby as it is now
looking. We know that they are going to hit us so I’m on the hard in seconds,
tell the skipper to put engines into idle, indicate to stern boat-hooker to
fend off on the swim platform and not our hull, and slowly guide them to the
open space behind us. Until the skipper, just to show that he is still in
charge, decides to give a bit of ‘welly’ and ‘BANG’, their prop-walk drives
their stern into (fortunately) our swim platform.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lovely Swiss couple in a small eight-meter ‘classic’ boat, <i>Ria</i>, tie up on
our bow, very thoughtfully leaving as much space in front of themselves as
possible for any new arrival. The best laid plans…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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registered, DBA decal displaying, flagless, twenty-meter barge (let’s call it <i>H</i>),
determined to push its way into the fifteen-meter space between <i>Ria</i> and
the boat in front of them. Without going into further logistics, the upstream
boat lifted lines and moved to within a meter of the boat upstream of itself, <i>Ria</i>’s
owner was perched on their bow desperately, and with little success, trying to
push the barge’s stern away from hitting his boat. I gave him a hand whilst his
partner undid their lines so that they could move a bit astern, then undid our
lines so that we were thirty centimeters from the banger behind us – our davits
ended up overhanging their stern deck – and we ended up with our bow-flag
(‘jack’ to the seevoels) virtually hovering over <i>Ria</i>’s stern; to my
mind, far too close for safety on a river mooring. Luvvie came to say thank you
to <i>Ria</i> and the boat in front, Duvvie went for a swim, and skipper
ignored everyone – I’m okay, Jack.</span></div>
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other boats but we have never, ever seen a barge do the same for a cruiser.
And, (deliberately?) hitting another boat in order to push your way into a
space-too-small is downright rude and the people involved should be ashamed of
themselves. Especially the captain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lock at nine, pass through without incident and screech to a halt two hours
later, almost overshooting the ‘port’, Port St Pierre, a thirty-meter concrete
wall in the middle of nowhere (luvverly), which we had marked on our guide on
our upstream voyage – unfortunately in the wrong place. There is supposed to be
a village three kilometers away but, when it was working, Google Earth showed
nothing – Heuilley is about three kilometers away but to find a bridge over the
river to get there extends the distance to some fifteen kilometers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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drain’ smell from our shower sump where the water fills a basin before being
pumped overboard. Quite odd, as Lynn had cleaned it quite recently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mentions “There is quite a bit of water in the bilge”. “How much?” says I.
“About six inches” says She. Further inspection reveals that the float switch
which triggers the shower outflow pump had become stuck under an outlet hose
thus not signaling the pump that it needed to do its work. Result? Lots of
smelly, dirty water in the bilges. Lots. Two hours later all had been pumped
out, washed, sprayed, anaesthetized, wine bottles cleaned etc, etc and now <i>Elle</i>
smells normal again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bastille Day weekend (they have three dogs on board so probably chose this
mooring as it is not close to anything which might involve fireworks) and they
set up tents, one for the adult children and one for the granddaughter. They
were joined by a group of German rowers on three sculls who enjoyed a
laughter-filled lunch before setting off downstream again, and later, by a
campervan. Very convivial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elle </i> in semi-sun mode.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Until at about ten-thirty the next night when a couple of youngsters arrived
with a bunch of fireworks of the most noisy kind and proceeded to enjoy
themselves for the next half hour setting them off. Sigh! After they had left,
our quayside neighbours emerged to take their dogs for a de-stress walk but the
Bloodhound was so terrified that it was foaming and shivering and had to be
carried off the boat. I was very, very angry at the youngsters but more so at
the producers and distributors of these infernal things and especially the
governments which allow their resale – what’s wrong with laser-light
celebrations?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And earlier on Sunday, the Black Caps lost to England in an epic WC
Cricket Final which annoyed me intensely, and worse, Roger lost to Djokovic in an
epic Wimbledon Final, putting First Mate into a complete funk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pierre to Auxonne. 25 kilometers, 2 locks. 3 hours, 30 minutes.</span></b></div>
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out-of-the-way halte, and then chilling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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river is buzzing with boats), being overtaken just after the lock before
Auxonne and thus losing out on the last mooring at the municipal pontoon, no
filling, just chilling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being overtaken but they did explain that after 50hours on the<br />Canal Entre Champagne et Bourgogne they needed to open up their<br />turbo. And when we saw them again the next day they asked why we didn't raft up.<br />Nice people.</td></tr>
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ably assisted by the very obtuse but entertaining Ozzie port captain M. John,
who intimated strongly that he would make space for us in his port if our other
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convenient for lifting bikes on and off – and pretty much did not much for the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 30-meter barge and his friend (20m) rafted up on one of the municipal<br />pontoons to take on a fuel delivery. Surprised that the pontoon could take the strain.<br />This is them returning to the port.</td></tr>
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-57165269926850816392019-07-11T13:20:00.000+02:002019-07-11T19:31:30.897+02:00The Petite Saône: Lamarche-sur-Saône – Mantoche – Gray.<br />
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28,2 kilometers, 2 locks. 4 hours, 0 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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start to catch the first lock nine kilometers away, we pass through
Pontailler-sur-Saône and are followed by a small, Swiss-flagged cruiser which
means that we will have to face the uncomfortable in-rush at the front of the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This bridge again!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le Bateau</i> - Australian flagged.</td></tr>
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Lynn having to do some sturdy hanging on (engines were off) and then we trundle
off up the fourteen or so tree sided kilometers of cutting and river until the
next lock where a large (fifteen meter) dredger-shaped cruiser is waiting.
Perhaps thinking that we are going to take their place going first into the
lock (why would we be so stupid?), a small, very square woman on the foredeck
starts gesticulating and shouting instructions at the boat’s driver who moves
across to the waiting ‘Ducs d’Albe’ where they tie up directly in front of the
lock – not sure why as the boat descending in the lock is already half way
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later said boat exits, <i>The-Boat-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named</i> enters and we
follow, very slowly, unfortunately leaving our small Swiss cruiser to wait for
the next cycle. Much shouting and arm waving from said bow-person and they
eventually manage to attach a front line so we edge forward to attach our bow
line to the in-wall bollard. Before Lynn even has had a chance to get near the
thing she is screamed at “Get back, get back, you must move back!” – quite
shocked, Lynn replies “Would you mind if I get a line on first?” but I could
see that she was seething at this display of bad manners. Two minutes later we
are tied up, and have moved back and well out of their way; more shouting and
gesticulating ensue until finally, they get a stern line around a bollard.
Lynn asks the driver if we can activate the lock mechanism which is on our beam
but the driver asks that she please wait a minute as he wants to sort something
out. Not good enough for foredeck madame – “Push the pole, push the pole! What
are you waiting for!” – Lynn, with gritted teeth, was given the go-ahead by the
driver and had a bit of a chuckle when the stern deckhand, obviously
embarrassed at what had transpired, said to her, in perfect English “What a
lovely day, isn’t it”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two long boats in front of us. Fortunately…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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South Africans pulled in behind us, luckily filling a space just vacated by
another hirer. They needed water but did not have enough hose length to reach
the tap so we joined our bits to make the required fifty meters and we sat chatting
while they filled up, did some trip planning, and departed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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five hundred or so inhabitants does not have much to offer apart from a
riverfront private chateau, a 12<sup>th</sup> Century church (locked) and a
house, once the property of Brigadier-General Étienne Guyot, one of Napoleon’s
generals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 'keep' in the Chateau grounds.</td></tr>
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so that we did not arrive in Gray too early, a New Zealand flagged cruiser, the
second boat to come through Mantoche from direction Grey, passed close enough
for us to shout across to them and to confirm that they had indeed come from
Gray and that yes, there was now space on the quay – we just hoped it was near the services bournes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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idyllic morning for our short cruise and, after passing the six-finger, fully
serviced pontoon at Arc-les-Gray (only two kilometers from Gray) hosting but a
single cruiser, we arrived at almost exactly the same mooring spot as we have
used before and, most importantly, directly opposite a water and electricity
point (no charge). We immediately called Restaurant <i>Le Crato</i>, somewhere
we have enjoyed thoroughly before, for a lunchtime booking. Full. Saturday?
Full. Monday? Closed (they used to be open on Mondays). Tuesday? Oui, deux
persons? Oui, merci beacoup! So we will have to struggle on at delightful Gray
for a while until we wander over to the restaurant on Tuesday, before departing
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continued through Friday as the port slowly filled; we had <i>Dream On</i>, a
cruiser owned by an American ex-Lufthansa pilot and his German partner on our
stern – they are resident in Germany and have been on the water this year for
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morning a short electrical storm hit and it poured for about fifteen minutes
but at least it cooled things down. After some shopping at the Intermarche and Brico
two hundred meters away, we returned clutching some reinforced, clear hose (been
searching for the stuff for ages), two five micron water filters, some wine and
a pair of chicken Marylands for the midday meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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just boat watching, lending out hoses, electrical extension cables and
powerpoint ‘splitters’. Lynn also managed to lightly sand the two deck box-tops
and apply a second preventative layer of varnish (that makes about nine layers
in all) to the handrails and a first to the boxes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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voice says “You probably do not recognize us but we met you in Namur in 2016” –
it was Louise from barge <i>Ricall</i> and we arranged to meet for coffee
aboard their boat the next morning.</span><br />
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fireworks, at eleven and at midnight, and then at three in the morning a big
storm hit pushing the swell up to at least thirty centimeters which would
normally not raise an eyebrow but as we are moored on a bit of a ledge, the
bang, bang, bang of our hull against concrete was more than a bit disconcerting
so I relocated my pillow to the forepeak and hoped it helped by lifting the
stern a bit (some would say by at least thirty centimeters!); Lynn couldn’t say
as she had fallen asleep as soon as I had departed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The market where we bought a <i>Paellla</i> lunch in 2012.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside the <i>Le Boat</i> office where we departed on our first waterway trip in 2012.<br />
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his wife and parents on their first end-of-day mooring in nasty ‘wind against
current’ conditions and then lending them an extension cord as theirs was too
short – I thought he was going to kiss me when he jumped ashore but instead
presented us with a bottle of wine when he returned our cable the next morning.
And then there was the grizzled Flemish gent (no pun intended) who was slightly
affronted when I offered to help with his lines – I was just <i>en route</i>
after berthing the Le Boat – but changed attitude-gear when he realized that
both electricity outlets were taken and that his ‘splitter’ had shorted out
some time ago. I was rewarded with a beer in exchange for the loan of ours.
This could become profitable!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decided, was varnishing, spring cleaning (read: How to convince Shaun to part
with some of his ‘vitally necessary’ junk) and then preparing a delicious <i>moules
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playing silly buggers by coming too close to us in an effort to say Hi to his
pal on our bow, bumped into his mate and, in fending off from his bow, his
stern swung shorewards and hit us forcefully enough to send our rail-leaning
bikes flying. Lynn had some words for him!! It turned out that he was not a
friend of the boat in front but, as an actual friend explained to us while apologizing
for the man’s behavior, some crazy, apparently well known in these parts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there were nineteen pleasure boats lined up along Gray’s lovely, long wall – if
you want a mooring here near the Intermarche ‘in season’, arrive on a Friday or
Saturday morning between ten and eleven thirty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rearranging, and spent a morning riding around the town in search of the Hotel
Dieu which is listed as one of the top ten attractions of Gray but when we
eventually found it, we discovered that it was an old age home and we did not
dare venture past the piercing stares of a couple of the residents sitting
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is a prelude to Bastille Day on Monday and a fun-fair has been set up in the
nearby parking space and, apparently, there is going to be a huge fireworks
display on Sunday which could be the reason why so many boats are not moving – but our time in this delightful town is up and we need to move on again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we were rewarded with a fine bottle of Burgundy red for the overnight loan of a
‘splitter’ and an adaptor? That makes one pen, one beer and two bottles of wine
in a week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-39182205192393111802019-07-02T21:22:00.000+02:002019-07-07T18:03:38.449+02:00The Saône and the Petite Saône: St-Jean-de-Losne – Auxonne – Lamarche-sur-Saône.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After spending a
few days in St-Jean-de-Losne (SJDL) where nothing much happened apart from
meeting up at the l’Ecu restaurant with Durban friends Tony and Elaine off <i>Dreamflower</i>
who have their delightful daughter Kim visiting them, and then later, visiting
them aboard <i>Dreamflower</i> on the way to which Madame tripped on the
pontoon and went sprawling; apart from a grazed knee and a bruised ankle she
was fine, fortunately. Unfortunately, our French cellphone, our main link to
the Internet and phone calls to any French number, is now lying on the bottom of
the marina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a visit to Dijon where we will buy a new ‘phone and where the Free.com shop is
where we will get a replacement sim card.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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station at nine thirty to find that the last morning-train to Dijon had
departed at quarter to nine – the next available transport is a bus leaving at
two o’clock. Worse, we are not allowed to take our bikes on the bus so will
have to take a tram ride the five kilometers to the required, huge, shopping
center on the northeastern edge of the city. Fortunately, the lady at the
Tourist Office has given us precise instructions as to where and which tram we
must catch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tram ride was great – pity I did not bring a camera) until our arrival at the
cellphone shop where we had identified the cheapest substitute phone, of which
model they were (obviously?) out of stock, and no-one could give us an
explanation, in slow French or basic English, about their post-purchase refund
policy. So we bought a Samsung J4 at Carrefour, walked over to the Free store
only to be told that the old phone had not been ‘dead’ for long enough and that
we would have to come back to Dijon the next day; <i>post mortem</i>? And there
are hardly any trains from SJDL to Dijon and back tomorrow at a reasonable
hour. And we have already overstayed our allocated time here (although lots of
spots open this evening, so we feel a little less guilty). In the morning we will
leave SJDL and cruise to Auxonne where there are lots of train connections -
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For some reason, the town has added the SA flag to those of the European countries which adorn the bridge.</td></tr>
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Auxonne was lovely; we had an ex-hireboat, crewed by two women, leave at the
same time as us but, for some reason, they really sped up-river and when we
arrived nearly two hours later, we found them tied up to a pole at the Auxonne
lock waiting for its nine o’clock opening time. And open it duly did, disgorging
<i>Dreamflower</i> – the Underwoods are heading off to Dole to drop off
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to have the water and electricity switched on (€6 for twelve hours) and then it
was off to the station, back to Dijon, back to the Free shop and at last, we are
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trip to Auxonne and we spent the rest of the afternoon watching the passing
boat parade and the antics of some as they attempt to tie up to the pontoons. As
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to have a short lifespan in Auxonne. The one we went to on our first visit is
closed, the one we went to on our third visit is closed as is the one that took
its place. The<i> Lounge – Le Longchamp</i> however, has a more permanent feel to
it. More a bar (think Wild West saloon) than a restaurant, the lamb shanks with
chips were delicious and the place was full of locals, all chatting to each
other across the room. A bit like a Leonard Cohen's <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw" target="_blank">Closing Time</a></i> sort of place.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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thankfully the water-skiers have yielded to the fierce heat and gone home
leaving us in peace to read, snooze, and watch the changeover of boats on the
pontoons. We even had a desperate Polish family on a hire-boat ask us if they
could fill up with water from our sprinkler supply – we drew them alongside, passed
them the hose and, twenty minutes later they presented us with a Polish, syrup
soaked, waffle thingy, untied their lines and waved goodbye with smiles all
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getting into tourist mode, a bit of a difficulty when you have been to the same
place four times before but we wanted to do a bit of a recce before the arrival
of ‘The Blacks’ toward the end of July; until they sent a message that history
and tours were not their ‘thing’ and that they would prefer to cruise and ‘socialise’
– our livers will now go into high-stress training!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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electricity be switched back on at eleven only to find that Madame L had to
ride back to the Tourist Office to remind the young lady who then pressed the
button for twenty-four hours of service (!?) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and then back aboard to be rocked-and-rolled
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time because it was Bastille Day weekend and they had cordoned off the small
quay for their fireworks display. Tie up, drape the boat with sun-shield, have
a braai, read, snooze (sound familiar?), assist two Le Boats with South African
crews to tie up behind – they were in search of a restaurant for dinner</span></div>
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perfectly and we eventually wander through to the village; Spar closed down,
lovely Mairie, stunning church with some history, and a great boulangerie,</span></div>
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with 2 bell towers each of which would measure half of the one initially planned." - <a href="https://www.lamarche-sur-saone.fr/patrimoine" target="_blank">Lamarche Tourism site</a> </div>
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space and avoiding conversation – more of them speak to us than to each other…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sian, she be strutting around on crutches after a hip replacement, ended a
really slothful day – sanders, grinders, filler and paint come out tomorrow, if
the weather stays as cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from the sewerage farm, but the contents were okay. Next time I will (ask Lynn
to) ask for a sausage as opposed to an Andouilette roll-mop thing, cook it a bit more
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-46569390995249647272019-06-25T16:22:00.000+02:002019-06-25T16:22:06.306+02:00Canal du Bourgogne to the Saône River: Dijon – Epoisses – Longecourt-en-Plaine – Brazey-en-Plaine – St Jean-de-Losne.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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June to 24 June 2019. 30 kilometers, 22 locks.</span></b></div>
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been organized for nine thirty so that the VNF staff, both permanent and
temporary, could rub the tiredness from their bodies and report for duty at the
appointed and regulated time of nine o’clock. At twenty-five past the hour a
figure appears at the lock doors so we quickly start engines, cast off and then
spend the next half hour trying to keep <i>Elle</i> from looking like a new-hirer
in the fresh cross-wind as they bring out the weed-gobbler and proceed to clear
the clogged area in front of the lock and even drive the thing into the lock
for weed collection, something for which we are very grateful but for which we
would have been more grateful had the young VNF lass heading upstream on her
scooter, who stopped for a word or to with Lynn, informed us prior to us casting
off.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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trainee-student was so worried about the fact that two maximum canal-sized peniche
tourist boats (38m x 5m) were coming our way and we would have to ‘cross’ them,
that she dithered between speaking to her downstream colleague about the big
boats’ progress and opening the doors. She was very new at her summer job and
simply could not seem to grasp that a little ‘un like <i>Elle</i> was okay with
by-passing a thirty-eight meter ‘monster’ – not fun with the weed but without
incidence, just. We passed within thirty centimeters of the second peniche, a scruffy
bicycle-tour boat named <i>Anna Maria</i>, as they were exiting and we were
entering a lock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The paltry contents of two strainers after a mornings cruising.</td></tr>
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a beaded South African flag keyring as a memento, almost lost amongst all the other
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has steadily improved and, apart from having to clear props in the plentiful
‘clear space’ after each lock and during the two peniche crossings where we had
to hug the weed-forested bank, we had few issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the afternoon we tiredly tied up, Lynn presented a delicious, spicy-rice
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5.5 kilometers, 5 locks. 1 hour, 55 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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lockkeeper scoot by at nine we made ready and then cast off from our leafy surrounds
and headed straight for the lock two hundred meters away.</span><br />
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timeous but this lockie was tediously slow and one could almost nod off during
the emptying process – but then he left the one sluice partially open which
caused us to crab out of the lock. Not very comfortable.</span><br />
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our fifth and last lock for the day and tie up opposite the Dijon cereals mill;
not the prettiest of moorings but fine if you look the other way. And ahead of
us stretches kilometer after kilometer of arrow straight canal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took a walk into the village reporting back with a crop of cherries and the
news that there is not much to be seen – “Quite modern, but there is a castle
in the distance”. I continued with my book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the next morning it was my turn to wander villageways, past the modernish
square boxes which were occasionally interrupted by signs of noblesse farm buildings,
these becoming more frequent as the village green and Mairie drew closer. And
there was to be found the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Longecourt-en-Plaine" target="_blank">Chateau Longecourt-en-Plaine</a>, for three hundred years
starting in the 13<sup>th</sup> Century the fortress home to Burgundian
nobility before falling into ruin, being restored as a palatial home in the 17<sup>th</sup>
Century and then converted to its present wedding-cake appearance in the 19<sup>th</sup>
Century. It is a private residence but does accept guest bookings.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably once the gates to the 40-hectare property.</td></tr>
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perspective, almost a mirror of the previous day but with longer gaps between
locks as we plateau out approaching the Saône River. Almost mesmerized by the
endless line of trees guiding the canal, reaching to the horizon and St
Jean-de-Losne, we eventually pop out at the town of Brazey-en-Plaine where, Lynn
had read, they were having a Vide Grenier, which indeed they were.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last page of the cruising guide for the Burgundy Canal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A message waiting for Mr Pottage to cruise by.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white horse did a prompt about turn as we approached<br />and wouldn't move until we had passed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another boat! New Zealand flagged <i>Temps Parisienne</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazey mooring.</td></tr>
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afternoon was spent aboard, ensconced behind sun drapes while trying to listen/watch/stream
the cricket. Why bother - pathetic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Iron Lady</i>, last seen in Aire-sur-Lys but now with a new owner.</td></tr>
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two kilometer long Canal de Bourgogne, in sight!</span></div>
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Steps’ of St-Jean-de-Losne and there are two spaces open – made to order (half
an hour later there were four open spaces but by nightfall the place was
jammed). Lynn wanders over to the jeton machine which is out of order, follows
the instructions on the machine and walks to the service station which is
closed (Monday), then walks to the tourist office (closed – Monday) and then to
the museum where the lady told her to call the number displayed on the side of
the jeton dispenser which she did – no-reply-Monday.</span></div>
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bourne jeton emptier man was emptying the jeton holders, and on hearing Lynn’s tale of
woe, presented her with one for free which enabled us to put in four hundred
and eighty liters of water, the first refill we have done since leaving Pont d’Ouche
eleven days ago. It was gratifying to know that we still had one hundred and
seventy liters in reserve though – we have been pretty frugal with our water
use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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waterways police (his dad was an international rugby referee and he proudly
informed us that he owned a genuine Springbok rugby jersey so Lynn gave him a
SA bead-flag keyring to add to his memorabilia) to check boat papers, skippers
qualifications, fire-extinguishers and life-jackets, was followed by the
arrival of the lady from the bimini repair place to take our dodger away to
have the window zips replaced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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temperature gradually rose to 38C and our solar panels were just not capable of
delivering enough power to keep both fridges going and we eventually had to run
the engines for half an hour to top them up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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section fron Dijon to St-Jean-de-Losne but the dire warnings of no water were
unfounded – a little shallow toward the summit but not an issue – and the five
kiometers of bad weed and the another five kilometers of very bad weed (4% of
the entire waterway) are not an excuse not to experience the Canal de Bourgogne.
We have absolutely loved it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-19577315579645262782019-06-23T08:00:00.000+02:002019-06-23T08:18:10.802+02:00Canal du Bourgogne: Velars-sur-Ouche - Dijon<br />
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to Dijon. 11 kilometers, 9 locks. 3 hours, 30 minutes </span></b>(including delays).</span></b><br />
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that it would be bad for the ten kilometers before and after Dijon but we were
really amazed at how bad it was; if it weren’t for the hotel boats plying their
trade along the waterway, it would be totally impassable to private boats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(temporary staff – he says his occupation is ‘journaliste’ but he likes working
outdoors so this is his summer job) arrived at our mooring, to which we had
reversed eight hundred meters after having waited in vain for half an hour
after our arranged lock through time, at ten to ten, announcing that he was ready.</span></div>
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stuff which loves detaching itself from its mother-lode and wrapping itself tightly
around the propshaft, choking speed down from just over six kilometers per hour
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revs reverse, idle reverse, neutral, idle forward, and fourteen hundred revs
ahead. Six and a bit kph. Lock. Repeat prop clearing procedure just in case,
but the lock is full of weed so we exit at 4kph and repeat clearing process in a clear patch. After
five locks we reached the port of Plombieres, the channel through which was
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and just before the lock, a lovely weed-free area appeared where we could give
a good prop cleanout – problem was that with the wind behind and very little
propulsion we were going to hit the quayside. Thank goodness for bow-thruster
steering devices!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Plombiereres lock we arrived to really, really, thick weed, spread right across the canal and camouflaging
any channel so we just plodded along for just over a kilometer and then stopped
in Ecluse 51 for lockie lunchtime and an opportunity to check the cooling
strainers – remarkably little weed at all! Another late lockie arrival, then after fifteen
hundred meters of really, unbelievably thick stuff it was two quick locks and on exiting the
second, we couldn’t believe our eyes – we could see the bottom again, all the
way to the Port of Dijon which we entered at three after a long day to be greeted
by the sight of the brand new weed-cutter, which had arrived two days before,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are the red line on the long wall on the left.</td></tr>
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needs serious weeding but, as it is full of mostly long-stayers, I think its
tidy-up is low on the VNF agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seventy-five year old Dijonnaise as we were tying up, Lynn was asked about our
flag, where we lived in South Africa, and then given a tourist-guide list of
the things we should visit in her city – lovely lady. Did I mention that we are
moored alongside an old age residence?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exploring was written off as an option for the rest of the afternoon so Lynn photographed the birdlife,</span></div>
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much of the inner city has been converted into pedestrian walkways and there
are small, chic boutiques, coiffures, the odd boulangerie/patisserie and an
ample scattering of wood framed and still inhabited, old houses.</span></div>
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no charge for the museum, it really is a must visit. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The museum is set out over four floors; Ground: Reception and
expositions, First: Objects of antiquity through Middle Age Europe up to the 19</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
Century, Second: Middle Age Bourgogne up to 20</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Century Europe (it’s
a real challenge finding the section housing late 19thC and early 20thC art), Third:
Middle Age Europe to 20</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Century Europe</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A statue of François Devosge, founder of the 1776 art school<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The reconstructed tombs of Philip the Bold,<br />
John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their mourners, carefully crafted in marble.</td></tr>
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realised how powerful the Burgundian state was, controlling lands in central and eastern
France, Luxembourg, and Flanders. They fought bitter wars against the French
Kings, even allying themselves with the English, and were the captors of Jeanne
d’Arc whom they handed over to the French Catholic cardinals, and we all know
what happened to her, poor, brave soul. But the Kings of France prevailed and
the Dukes of Burgundy became subjects of France.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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load of washing at the nearby laundry followed by lunch and, in the gathering
clouds and wind, the afternoon was whittled away. Our planned afternoon cycle
back into the city was abandoned to the sin of laziness – call it rural
withdrawal.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-38776230914376635412019-06-18T19:22:00.000+02:002019-06-18T19:44:28.485+02:00Canal du Bourgogne: Vandenesse-en-Auxois – Pont d’Ouche - Ecluse 34 - Velars-sur-Ouche<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">13 June to 18 June 2019. 39 kilometers, 37 locks.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Tjoe maar hierdie
stukkie water is heerlik – pragtig, pragtig, pragtig! (Durban okes, go figure
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(some of us) and by nine, when we were heading into our first lock, it had
warmed up considerably – enough so that Deckhand (Oops, sorry - First Mate[r])
could slip on a pair of shorts and do some sunning on the foredeck. Just like
the Med but too early for cocktails.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is so relaxing
going downhill; okay, you have to concentrate at lock entrances and exits as
each have their own current characteristics but at least you are not searching
for bollards meters above your head and then having to fight the inpouring deluge.
But Lynn had some hard work to do helping with closing the lock gates on one
side – the lockkeepers really appreciate the help.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gets prettier and prettier (there you go Durban okes, I translated it for you)
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were exiting the lock and then had to do some fancy footwork to realign the
boat with the lock – I suspect he was a trainee.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#2 - move over fatso.</td></tr>
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One insisted on using our boathook to draw down some cherry tree boughs (she
was tiny!) and pick bunches of cherries which she presented to Lynn,</span></div>
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reward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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port! Small (6m) fingers on the pontoons but the Port Capitaine Sonia was on
hand to greet us (or perhaps to redirect us away from mooring directly in front
of her restaurant) and assisted us in making fast. The restaurant seems quite
popular with travelers, cyclists, campervaners and roadies popping in for an
aperitif and/or a meal at lunchtime and, as there is no real village anywhere
nearby, one wonders why a port was placed here. Sonia also loves Belgian beer
and the restaurant stocks an erudite selection including the not oft-found
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enjoyable meal at <i>Le Bistrot du Port</i> (it would have been very good if
the lentils has been replaced by barley, the gravy a bit thicker and seasoning
a bit more evident – but the slow-roast lamb was delicious).</span></div>
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that the little Auberge was the only competition to the port restaurant – no boulangerie,
chacuterie, pharmacie, coiffure, optician, fleurie(!?)…nothing. But the viaduct
carrying the A6 motorway was impressive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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oasis in which to just enjoy being afloat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ecluse 34. 10, 5 kilometers, 14 locks. 4 hours, 10 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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lockies prepared to go the extra mile to lock us through to our destination;
our humble reward of a Duvel beer each was greeted with a shout from one to the
other :”David, aperitifs! Duvel, Duvel!” and then to Lynn “We love Belgian beer”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our super lockies - lots of fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were a lot of vintage cars around but only when we were too busy to take a photo<br />
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34 (ecluse=lock) is as tranquil as one could wish. Run by a Swiss couple who,
after many years of negotiation, persuaded the VNF to allow them to rent an
abandoned lockkeepers cottage and turn it into a ‘snackbar’ and port provided
the VNF paid for the port’s construction, which they eventually did. So now,
where there was nothing before, we have a really popular, inexpensive,
mini-bistro serving good light meals and frequented by boaters, cyclists,
bikers, walkers and even motor car people. And a ninety meter long, tree-lined
quay with a neatly graveled walkway, electricity, and water, all for a more than
reasonable cost. Bliss!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the lock looking upstream.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...No! Made in S-E Asia and bottled in South Africa. You have to be joking!</td></tr>
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contact with <a href="http://eurmacs.com/" target="_blank">Ian and Lisette McCauley</a> who kindly offered to pick us up and take
us to St Jean de Losne for the ‘Blessing of the Mariners’ ceremony, an offer we
declined with mixed feelings. The long and the short of it was that, on their
way back from St Jean, they spent the night with us and the next morning had
their first cruise of the season going through two locks aboard <i>Elle</i>
before setting off for Migennes to sort out their lovely twenty-meter
converted ‘Katerwijker’ barge, <i>Catharina Elisabeth</i>, for their summers
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Velars-sur-Ouche. 13 kilometers, 12 locks. 5 hours, 55 minutes (including 1
hour lunch break).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://carterscruises.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sian</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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farewells to Ian and Lisette at Ecluse Champagne (appropriate!) we continued on
our way; at only one of the locks did we have two lockkeepers and all the rest
were operated by a lone lockie which is why it took so long to do these
thirteen kilometers. Apart from crossing past five charter/hotel barges heading
upstream to Vandenesse, our cruise was uneventful, the end of which was
celebrated by having to do an oil change on arrival in Velars-sur-Ouche – too
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have elected to stay three nights in this utterly unglamorous mooring which is
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do a major stock-up of the necessaries, get rid of our old oil (often an
issue), dump some clothing (including my red Columbia fleecy – not sure I’ll
ever be the same again, Dear Friend) into the clothing re-cycle bin, slurp on a
curly-whirly ice-cream (the afternoon was HOT), have a Cuisses de Poulet
Fermier (farm chicken) braai, savour a pair of mini Gruère choux pastries, and
enjoy a small and light (surprised?), cheese quiche, supper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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alongside the mooring (as usual, generally,) and this one has to be the M1 of
cycle-paths. They zip by, high cadence, in their lycra team colours, followed
by tourist bikers who seem to be following last year’s Tour d’France but who
are totally lost, and then some really ancient bikes with fit, skinny riders
and the occasional ‘boep’ tummied chappies making their way to the Colryt beer
counter. But lots of lycra.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stop a VNF van and arrange lock service for nine tomorrow so our three night
stay is now two and we don’t have to be in Dijon on a Friday night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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canal kilometers from Dijon and already we are getting big city vibes; hard to
describe but having been through such lovely countryside for so long we are not
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-35618466654476771142019-06-12T20:08:00.000+02:002019-06-12T20:08:02.856+02:00Canal du Bourgogne: Pouilly-en-Auxois – Vandenesse-en-Auxois. Over and out!<div>
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Traversing the Pouilly Tunnel. 9 kilometers, 8 locks, 1 tunnel. 2 hours, 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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lockkeeper at the Pouilly lock suggested that we leave after lunch rather than
our planned nine o’clock departure time, the reason being that there were a couple of hotel boats at Escommes, the first port after the tunnel, which were
due to start going downstream from nine and if we went through the tunnel at
the same time we would have to tie up somewhere and wait for them to do the
locks they needed to do – a long process. Much nicer to while away the time in
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the weather and having discussed all the dire warnings about the tunnel –
bimini and dodger <u>must</u> come down, be careful of scraping your windows
against the sides, protuberances sticking down from the roof, very narrow, very
curved (narrowly arched)– we decided to trust our judgments, drop the bimini part of the dodger
bimini/dodger but keep the dodger up (less hassle) and take our chances,
especially as rain was threatening. At one o’clock sharp we reported to the
Capitainerie at the Pouilly lock (<u>not</u> the VNF offices just before the
start of the cut leading to the tunnel), signed for our VHF radios which are used,
probably via a repeater system, to keep in touch with the VNF office if one has
a problem whilst in the tunnel, started engines and set off followed five
minutes later by another rare De Ruiter Cruiser (the make of our boat). The
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Miles of space – we could even have gotten through quite comfortably with the
back bimini up – as wide as any tunnel we have been through in France, dead
straight (we could see the light from the exit), well-lit after the first two
hundred meters, and the only protuberances were the occasional surveillance camera
which passed about half a meter above our highest point, and a lot of pretty
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highlight of our three night stay here was a visit to the medieval village of Chateauneuf
with its 12<sup>th</sup> century castle which was greatly extended by the
nobleman Phillipe Pot in the 15<sup>th</sup> Century – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Ch%C3%A2teauneuf" target="_blank">Wiki gives a brief history in English</a> but if you go the French Wiki site, Google-translate its
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is a lovely
port especially with the view up the hill toward Chateauneuf, an ever-changing
landscape as the sun and clouds paint new vistas – one can sit and read and
contemplate for hours – but we now need to move on again.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Elle</i> is down there...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...behind the biggies...</td></tr>
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-19606764261217169932019-06-09T17:34:00.000+02:002019-06-10T09:19:01.318+02:00Canal du Bourgogne: Pont Royal – Pouilly-en-Auxois. Summiting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 June to 9 June 2019. 18 kilometers, 13 locks.</td></tr>
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kilometers, 13 locks, 5<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hours, 30<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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highlight was a meal at the local restaurant – steak, egg and chips French
style!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spent making up two more bollard lassoing gadgets, one of which was given to
the team on <i>Mon Amie</i> with whom we will be locking through again today,
and one for use from our driving position. These locks are just a bit too high
and the current through the lock just too unpredictable to make throwing a line
around a bollard simple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our departure date ahead by two days; tomorrow it will be blowing a hoolie and
spending four days in Pont Royal is a bit much especially as there are other
boats around which means we cannot do any grinding and sanding.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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locks of the ascent were quite exhausting. The locks are all about 2.6 – 2.8
meters high and a significant number only have two bollards on each side – one
about five meters from the front and the other about two thirds along with a
ladder about six meters further along. This is fine if you are locking through
on your own but not such fun with two boats in the lock. Being the front boat all
we could do was put a bow line around the front bollard and, with the wheel
turned sharply away from the wall, power onto the line as the lock was filling.
<i>Mon Amie</i> were okay as they had a bow line on the other bollard and our
ladder hook attached to the ladder about two thirds down the length of their
boat. At one lock we had four Dutch spectators watching proceedings and the
lockie decided to give them a show by opening everything at once; Lynn, who had
to hang onto, and shorten, the line as we arose, said that was the hardest lock
of the one hundred and thirteen we have done on this canal. But not as bad as
that Yonne devil…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bright but very chilly day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynn was hoping that this would be the result of the French Open.</td></tr>
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and to prepare for a decent; a big Super-U supermarket, two hardware shops, a
fuel station and a Gamm Vert within three hundred meters of the port, and the
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real gesture of French hospitality, the chef preparing lunch on the electric
tourist boat, <i>La Billebaude</i>, presented Lynn with two ramekins of the most delicious seafood
creation. Our lunchtime braai was delayed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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fascinating aspects of cruising the French waterways is spotting the various
lockkeepers cottages, some beautifully and tastefully restored, some restored
by gnomes, goblins, frogs and other assorted statuary, and some completely dilapidated.
The owners of the Vermenton base had told us that the VNF only allow a maximum
lease of five years and one is not compensated for any improvements to the
property which makes moving into a fixer-upper a bit of a dubious proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fascinating information can be found at the website <a href="http://canaux.region-bourgogne.fr/bourgogne/ouvrages-dart/maisons/introduction/" target="_blank">Itinéraire numérique descanaux de Bourgogne</a> (use Google Transate unless your French is up to it).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first lady lockie arrived and, expertly and quickly, locked us through. And
this was repeated for all the remaining locks; at one stage we had three
lockkeepers working together and we sensed that they were happy with our
lock-through competence and were determined to get us to Venarey before their midday
lunchtime stop – we exited the last of the nine locks at eleven fifty-nine!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original wooden rudder had rotted<br />
so they sculpted this one<br />
based on a little floating whale<br />
they have in their bathroom.</td></tr>
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Les Laumes, on the eastern side of the canal, is a town essentially established
at the end of the nineteenth century when the large railway marshaling yards
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leader of a combined Gaul force which forced Caesar to withdraw from Gaul, was
defeated by Caesar in 52BC. He is still considered to be the first leader of
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the bikes and set off in search of the remains of the Gallo-Roman village; the
way is clearly marked (up another steep hill – I pushed my bike to conserve
battery and I’m sure I heard the grave-tending lady in the cemetery ask Lynn if
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Alésia, an interpretative center built on the place where, purportedly, the
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the previously deserted port had six hireboats and one Piper barge (<i>Quercy</i>)
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one hour for lunch tied up in a lock).</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wear and expecting another warm day, we set off the short distance to the first
lock just before nine; by the time we exited, there were banks of black cloud
rapidly approaching and in the distance could be heard the sound thunder
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kitted out in long sleeves, goosedown jacket, oilskin pants and wellies, this
attire lasting two more locks until the wellies, pants and jacket were discarded
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us through until the twenty-fourth lock when the guy (reluctantly) was replaced
by a team of four which had us a record five lockkeepers to do the last five locks
– and did we then get a move on. Drive in, hit the brakes, one door closes,
assistance with lines and then other door closes, both sluices opened, engines
used for stabilization, doors whacked open (two on each door) and out we go and
almost directly into the next lock. Fifteen locks in the three hours before
lunch and another fourteen after lunch in just over two hours – not bad going
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we hear a knock on the window and, lo and behold, there are two people from a
campervan parked a few meters away who are/were/could be South Africans. Let me
explain: Linda was born in Durban, married an English passport holder, moved to
the UK, acquired British citizenship, her late husband preferred France so they
bought a house in a village somewhere in the center of the country where he
eventually passed away but where she still lives having acquired French
permanent residence. She speaks with a strong SA accent and says that her
French is still very poor. Kevan lives in Pretoria but is a British citizen and
still speaks with a strong English (not sure which county) accent. They spend
six months in France and six months in South Africa together.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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lightly clouded morning, by eight the big raindrops had started falling. Only a
teaser though and as the single black cloud moved on it turned into a glorious
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We agreed with <i>Mon Amie</i> that they would do the first six locks in front and that we would swop and do the last seven – no-one likes to
be in front in ascending locks. There was a slight change of plan brought on by
them being stuck hard and fast and, despite their best efforts they simply
could not extricate themselves. We then tried pulling them off sternwards which
didn’t work but a hard ahead, oblique tug pried them loose leaving us ahead of
them anyway so we said we would go up-lock first and that’s the way it stayed
through all thirteen locks. We lent them our “ladder hook” for which they were
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levels are low but we are managing comfortably but<br />
leave a trail of mud wherever we go. Like driving a<br />
bakkie on a dirt road. <i>Mon Amie</i>, at 1.2m are also managing.</td></tr>
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the lockkeeper at lock number fourteen (our one hundredth on this canal)
decided to lock us through even although we only arrived at ten past twelve,
and a couple of minutes later we were safely tied up in the lovely country port
of Pont Royal – a grand name for a very simple village. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At €12 for two
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Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-92173738969615832642019-05-31T20:31:00.000+02:002019-05-31T20:31:00.036+02:00Thursday 30 & Friday 31 May – two days in Montbard.<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We like this town</span><br />
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one day to visit the Fontenay Abbey and to do some shopping at the Intermarche and
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shopping so nothing to report there (the Brico was closed because it was Ascension
Day) but the seven-kilometer ride to the 12<sup>th</sup> Century Cistercian Abbey
brought us to a most fabulous place; Lynn took over seventy photos but the ones
on <a href="http://www.abbayedefontenay.com/en/discover-fontenay/the-abbey-and-its-gardens/abbey-church" target="_blank">the Abbey’s website</a> are far better so here are just a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The abbey church.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dormitory. All the monks slept in one room on pallets on the floor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gardens.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cloister passage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The monks' room where, inter alia, they copied manuscripts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cloister.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hydraulic hammer, invented by the monks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the window can be seen the paddle wheel, driven by the Fontanay river,<br />which turns the gearing for the hammer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A working scale model.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trout dam.</td></tr>
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the Weber was whipped out, a late lunch was consumed and the day ended with the
arrival, to a jazz quartet, of <i>La Belle Epoque</i> which moored up just meters
from us. The band climbed aboard and we were entertained to Dixieland Jazz for
the remainder of the evening. Great fun!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hotel barges take ten minutes to fully exit; assuming the same for entry and
about the same to close the gates and fill the lock, they take at least half an
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The remains of Comte de Buffon are interred in the church on the left.<br />His only son was guillotined during the Revolution.</td></tr>
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Montbard at a Vietnamese/Chinese/Thai restaurant, ‘Kim Thanh’ for a €12.90
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Desserts.</td></tr>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2223403315025032977.post-46623494016235370442019-05-30T10:27:00.000+02:002019-06-05T08:23:36.469+02:00Canal du Bourgogne: Lezinnes - Ancy-le-Franc – Ravières – Montbard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">26 May to 30 May 2019. 38.6 kilometers, 20 locks.</td></tr>
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decidedly cool morning broke into a day to die for. Not a breath of wind, puffy
white clouds hanging in an endless blue sky, in fact, weather so good that the
lockkeeper’s tardiness was soon forgotten.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Knowing that <i>La Belle Epoque</i>
was already through Ancy-le-Franc gave us hope that the wall mooring, with free
electricity and water, would have space for us – in fact, we had it all to
ourselves.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two long-stayers moored to the bank behind us.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A Dutch couple who remembered us from the Canal entre Champagne et
Bourgogne in June last year (and, to his utter amazement [and mine], I
remembered them and where we had briefly met) stopped their bikes for a quick
chat – they are currently at our next stop but will be arriving here tomorrow
afternoon so aperitifs have been arranged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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short ride to the nearby Chateau Ancy-le-Franc where some blurb somewhere
described it as “a close second to the Palace of Fontainebleau” – they wish!
Marginally worth the €9pp but don’t pay the €3 each for the audio guide – the
free explanatory card gives more than enough information – and definitely do
not pay the extra €3pp for a visit to the gardens unless you need a close up of
the same <i>jardins</i> viewed, in all their magnificence, from the windows of
the chateau.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their <a href="https://www.chateau-ancy.com/en/" target="_blank">website</a> has the whole bang-shoot.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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shopping needed doing so during a break in the canal-welcome rain which had
been steadily coming down the whole night, we hopped onto the bikes and
scurried off to a supermarket with the strange name of bi1 (‘buy one’), the
first time we have ever heard of this chain. Dropping the shopping off back at <i>Elle</i>,
Lynn then went back to take the washing out of the drier, arriving back in
spitting drizzle which turned into a hard rain, then cleared, then poured
again. And so it continued all day putting paid to our arrangements for
aperitifs in the park so, instead, Hans and Tineke from <i>Tinus</i> came aboard
and stories were swopped for a couple of hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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paid to my plans for sanding and re-varnishing the handrail as well for taking
some photographs of the village.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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intermittent rain but with patches of blue sky offering promise of a rain-free
mornings cruise we exchanged farewells with the crew of <i>Tinus</i> who were
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another long-stayer...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...inhabited by a lady and her dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tinus</i>, strange design but very spacious and functional.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hans and Tineke saying goodbye.</td></tr>
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lockie at the first lock would give us service before attending to <i>Tinus</i>
who had also booked lock service for nine o’clock. As it turned out, the Sunday
lockkeeper shift and that on Tuesdays appear to differ as we each had our own
lockkeepers – ours alternated between friendly ladies who alternated locks and,
in rather blustery conditions, we beat the first rain squall of the late
morning into Ravieres, letting the onshore breeze drift us up to the very long quay
where we gently ran stern-aground but within easy stepping distance of shore.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locking into Ravieres.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ravieres.</td></tr>
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electricity and rubbish disposal generously provided and, but a short, slow
walk into the charming and ancient village center, contrastingly bounded by
sixties architecture, both somehow living together in harmony, takes one to
a small supermarket, a café which sells hamburgers (?!), the Mairie and the ubiquitous
Tabac – somewhere there is also a petite boulangerie.</span><br />
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port is a small restaurant which we would most definitely have tried but we are
trying to keep ahead of hotel barge <i>La Belle Epoch</i> which arrives
tomorrow – you simply do not want to get stuck behind one of these relative
floating behemoths as they excruciate themselves through these small, shallow
canals. After our next stop in Montbard they will overtake us but that is fine
as we are staying there for two nights thus putting them a day ahead when we arrive
at their turn-around port of Veneray-les-Laumes, on Friday (perhaps).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been aboard <i>Elle</i> – it is six in the evening and it is grey, an icy wind
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">fine as long as the reservoirs supplying the canal
get filled but the nature of the squalls means that the rainfall is moving
rapidly across the country and not drenching the catchment areas. We have been
in jeans far more than shorts, something completely different from the photos we
have of ourselves in May outfits from previous years. Having just written that,
the sun is now shining brightly, the rain has stopped and there is hardly a
breath of wind - but give it another half an hour!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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kilometers, 11 locks, 5 hours, 35 minutes (including a 40 minute lunchtime
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into Ravieres yesterday, I twisted something somewhere and getting out of bed
this morning was not fun – in fact, my knee was so sore that I had to crawl to
the bathroom. It improved with a lot of stretching but the long haul ahead was
not something contemplated with glee. As it turned out, despite very
blustery weather in parts, it was not bad at all; we had the locks all to
ourselves, the lockies were all on time and very efficient and I became adept
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stoneyard at Ravieres.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our smiling lady lockie locking us into Montbard.</td></tr>
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hopefully, we will visit the Forge again as well as the famous <a href="http://www.abbayedefontenay.com/en/" target="_blank">Fontenay Abbey</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Shaun & Lynn aboard "Elle"http://www.blogger.com/profile/01586555445462794522noreply@blogger.com1