Author: Helm and Crew

Compiègne – St-Leu-d’Esserent – Auvers-sur-Oise – Pontoise – Méricourt We had a bit of deadline approaching in that we were meeting Lisette’s sister and partner near Monet’s Garden in Giverny in four days time and had about 150 km to travel. So we would need…

Soissons – Vic-sur-Aisne We didn’t want to rush to Compiègne and our DBA waterways guide marked Vic-sur-Aisne as a convenient and well-provisioned (free power and water) mooring. Here’s a map of the three cruises – the previous one, this one and the next we would…

Bourg-et-Comin – Soissons We awoke about 7 am to find our commercial neighbours had left already, so quietly that they hadn’t disturbed us. We decided the aim for the day was the large town of Soissons, a good candidate for a couple of days’ stay…

Guny – Anizy-le-Château – Pargny-Filain – Bourg-et-Comin We were in no particular hurry to leave – our next series of cruises were all going to be short and as the locks were automatic, we didn’t need to make any arrangements. We were quite delighted to…