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Month: June 2017

2017 Barging Belgium France
—  By Helm and CrewJune 23, 2017

Plans in Gelée: 25/06/2017 – 26/09/2017

Diksmuide (BE) – Toul (FR) Winter has come in Australia, so it is time again for these two birds to fly north to the summer, this time, in France. We are finally going to spend almost all the three months of cruising in France, as…
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2016 Barging Belgium
—  By IanJune 23, 2017

The long way around: 17/09 – 20/09

Bruges – Diksmuide – Veurne – Fintele Change of Plans Andy lifted the pedestrian bridge and gave us the all clear to pull out into the main canal, we checked the AIS and saw that a commercial was heading up towards us in the same…
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2016 Barging Belgium
—  By Helm and CrewJune 20, 2017

In Bruges – Again: 12/09 – 16/09

Ghent – Bruges Back to Bruges Anxious to get back to Brugges and share it with our guests, we cast off just after 9 am and made our way back out of Ghent and turned to starboard to head west on the Ghent-Bruge Canal. This…
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2016 Barging Belgium
—  By Helm and CrewJune 18, 2017

Back to Ghent: 9/09 – 11/09

Kortrijk – Deinze – Ghent To Deinze While our next guests finished their holiday in dry, sandy Egypt, prior to joining us for a watery break – we cast off into the canalised Lei for an easy one lock, no bridges, wide commercial waterway trip to…
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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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