Author: Helm and Crew

<Dinant – Heer-Aigmont – Chateau Freyr> At the doorstep of France The next morning, we set off again, on our way towards Givet and the border with France, although we did not plan to enter France from here, as we did not have time to…

Up the Meuse As we did not have far to travel to get to Dinant, we had time for a stroll through the Namur Sunday market that was set up across the river from our mooring. It is always interesting to see what bric-a-brac is…

Namur Namur is the administrative centre of Wallonia, thoroughly French, set in the impressive and strategic junction of the Sambre and Meuse rivers. The city is dominated by the citadel built on an escarpment overlooking the two rivers. Our first order of business was to…

Repairs? So,  the generator had utterly ceased working while in Mons and our basic troubleshooting had failed to establish the fault. Our ‘genny’ is a combination of a Stamford alternator and a two cylinder Deutz diesel motor. The alternator is rated at  5 KVA, but…