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Month: April 2017

2016 Barging Belgium France
—  By Helm and CrewApril 28, 2017

Appointment with a Vet: 19/08 – 21/08

Pont-sur-Sambre to Thuin No, we have not succumbed to the charms of Panache and taken a pet on board, our next visitor is a veterinarian. We’ve arranged to meet in three days time, probably at Thuin. That will then leave us one more day to…
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2016 Barging France
—  By Helm and CrewApril 24, 2017

We Made It! 18-08-2016

In great excitement, we wrote about our first cruise into France on Catharina Elisabeth the day after we actually achieved it. So, at the time, the post was out of sequence. Here it is again (but updated) to keep the story flowing. If you want to…
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2016 Barging Belgium
—  By Helm and CrewApril 17, 2017

Dog Aboard: 15/08 – 17/08

Pets In some ways, our mentors from ‘t Majeur were our most anticipated guests. As fellow bargees we could look forward to in-depth and informative conversations about our shared lifestyle; we would benefit from their advice and example as the experienced waterways cruisers that they…
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2016 Barging Belgium
—  By Helm and CrewApril 6, 2017

Two abbeys and three guests: 13-14/08

Floreffe Well, we’d better get going, we have a date and place to pick up guests and another date and place for Mr Deutz to fix the genny – we had a schedule to keep! So next we would be retracing our cruise along the…
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    Helm and Crew on Stage 1 Continues (8/05 – 26/05/23)May 27, 2023

    It is, perhaps, the most disagreeable part of cruising in Europe but I guess nothing is perfect - although this…

  2. Valerie Poore on Stage 1 Continues (8/05 – 26/05/23)May 27, 2023

    Oh my, Ian. I thought you would be well on the way with your repairs by now. The waiting game…

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    Helm and Crew on Stage 1 (26/04 – 07/5/2023)May 10, 2023

    The tarps save lots of heartbreaking work on the wooden windows - so saving our souls. Happy travels in Europe!

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    Helm and Crew on A busy year begins (24/04 – 25/04/2023)May 10, 2023

    You shouldn't have to worry about passwords - now I've approved this comment, the rest should slip in without any…

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