2019 – EurMacs

— By IanMay 18, 20222 Comments

Short trips to millions of bottles of bubbly: (23/8 – 29/08)

Vincelles – Bailly – Vincelles – Bailly – Auxerre Our next set of guests (our fourth for the season) was to be Frank and Tracey, friends from Melbourne. They also very much enjoy France and, in between Frank’s extensive and frequent travelling as a university…

— By LisetteMay 7, 20220 Comments

Duck diving and Lavoirs: 14/8 – 22/8

Clamecy – Châtel Censoir – Merry-sur-Yonne – Mailly-la-Ville – Vincelles Clamecy Obviously, the priority was to inspect the temporary bimini set-up and stabilise it until we could get it properly repaired. First, Ian and Michel tested it to see if the bimini could still be…

— By IanApril 27, 20222 Comments

Saved by the Dutch: 6/08 – 13/08

Chitry-les-Mines > Flez-Cuzy > Clamecy Chitry-les-Mines The port is at the small village of Chitry-les-Mines and the equally small hamlet of Chaumot is just across the canal. The much larger town, Corbigny is about 3 km away and involves a reasonable climb on the bikes.…

— By LisetteApril 23, 20224 Comments

Once more unto the breach: 1/08 – 5/08

Châtillon-en-Bazois – Baye – Sardy-lès-Épiry – Chitry-les-Mines So having decided that the chances of further grounding and the incipient closure or lowering levels in the canals to the south would make cruising onwards from Châtillon-en-Bazois impracticable, we activated our new plan (version ZZ) and turned…