Year: 2020

Baye – Châtillon-en-Bazois Once again, Lady Coby set off in advance of Catharina Elisabeth with Guy and Chantal promising to keep us a place at Châtillion-en-Bazois. About 45 min later, after a delay caused by having to wait for a day-trip boat, we were in…

Chitry-les-Mines – Sardy-lès-Épiry – Baye We were heading in the same direction as Guy and Chantal, so we arranged to meet up at Baye at the end of the day. Our two boats would not fit comfortably together in the locks, so we agreed that…

Tannay – Marigny-sur-Yonne – Chitry-les-Mines First thing in the morning, our neighbours departed. Xavier and Marion towards Chitry then Mary and Angie towards Clamecy. France was deep into its second canicule (heatwave) as we planned the next few days. Still, we wanted to get a…

Clamecy – Villiers-sur-Yonne – PK103.5 – Tannay By about now, our plans were in tatters as the Burgundy canal had been closed, isolating us from our booked winter mooring; a lock gate had failed on the Yonne preventing us from completing the loop back around…