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Category: 2017

—  By Helm and CrewJune 23, 2017

Plans in Gelée: 25/06/2017 – 26/09/2017

Diksmuide (BE) – Toul (FR) Winter has come in Australia, so it is time again for these two birds to fly north to the summer, this time, in France. We are finally going to spend almost all the three months of cruising in France, as…
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