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Category: Latéral à la Loire, Canal

—  By LisetteDecember 17, 2024

From 12th century castles to 20th century nuclear power (1/07 – 6/07)

Briare – Châtillon-sur-Loire – Beaulieu-sur-Loire – Belleville-sur-Loire – Les Fouchards – Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre Briare Although we had been officially on the Canal Latéral à la Loire since mooring in Briare, we were now going to properly start our cruise down its 196 km length. The storm…
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—  By Helm and CrewDecember 15, 2024

The Road to hell is … (16/12/24)

…. paved with good intentions As always, despite good intentions, the lure of just doing whatever we wanted to do while cruising tended to supersede keeping up to date with our blog/journal. So, once again, we are in catch-up mode. If you care to read…
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    Lisette on A long pause in Tournus (8/06 – 13/06)July 29, 2025

    We are having so much fun, Mary, that the blog entries do suffer somewhat. I have drafted the next one,…

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    What a beautiful experience for your birthday Lisette and it will be something to remember. You were so lucky about…

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    Hi Val, We never cease to be amazed by the serendipitous links we find as we continue our travels. Ian…

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    Ian on Into the swing of things (20/05 – 28/05)June 18, 2025

    Hard to see you amongst all the rescue services, Lon! My brother arrives today and we'll tinker with the BRAS…

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