Category: Countries

Antoing to Tournai Bunkering Next day, we woke up, had a cuppa and trotted around the corner to the bunker barge, Neptunia. It was occupied again but after a 15 min wait, the commercial moved off and we turned neatly around and pulled into our…

Mons to Antoing Under the Bridge One last war-related visit was taken early in the morning. When we were last in Mons, one of our barge neighbours – Andy Soper – told us of a memorial under the railway bridge across that crossed the canal on…

Thieu to Mons Wobbling into Mons We had a relaxing morning as the next leg to Mons was not long and we’d done it before so we were familiar with the locks we would be using along the route. We decided to stretch our legs…

Ronquières to Thieu Up Again In keeping with our theme this year of retracing some of our routes, we were up early (six o’clock and still dark) so we could catch the first lift back up the inclined plane. Lisette once again made the call…