France – Page 9

— By LisetteFebruary 2, 2023

Back and Forth from Auxerre: (30/08 – 11/09)

Auxerre – Gurgy – Joigny – Cezy – Gurgy – Auxerre At Auxerre, we caught up with Mary on Aquarius, who we had first met at Tannay on the Nivernais earlier this season. Lovely to catch up again. We took advantage of another few days…

— By IanMay 18, 2022

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, 2022

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, 2022

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.…