Latéral à la Loire, Canal

— By LisetteMay 19, 2025

Roanne to Paray-le-Monial (20/7 to 23/7)

Roanne – Briennon – Bonnand – Paray-le-Monial We chatted with Jim and Marianne and our aspiration for their trip was to explore a bit of Roanne, experience some quiet cruising and mooring on the Canal de Roanne à Digoin, finish the last short section of…

— By IanFebruary 23, 2025

The Race to Roanne (15/7 – 19/7)

Decize – Gannay-sur-Loire – Diou – La Croix-Rouge – Briennon – Roanne Why a race? Well, the plan that generated the previous schedule, unsurprisingly, soon changed after its creation when we decided that we would push on to the city of Roanne as it has…

— By IanFebruary 3, 2025

Change of plans – the tyranny of a schedule (10/7 – 14/07)

Le Guétin – Nevers – Fleury-sur-Loire – Decize Plans and Schedules While plans are something of an anathema to most of us cruising, subject to the variables of weather, infrastructure, and personal circumstances, we do have to have short-term aims and some idea of how…

— By LisetteJanuary 11, 2025

Wine country again (07/07 – 09/07)

Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre – La Chapelle-Montlinard – Marseilles-lès-Aubigny – Les Guètins Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre When we arrived, we thought we should stay for a couple of nights at the very least as a cycle up the hill to Sancerre would be a necessary part of this experience. Sancerre, a…