Golden oriels calling in mid France. The photos are from a voyage through the French canals. The Voyage of Storm Petrel is a travel book about a solo woman sailor who went from Bristol in Britain, to Banjul in The Gambia and then back.
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A long forest trail with cuckoos. I cup my hands and mimic it. The cuckoo goes mad and batters the treetops over my head shaking raindrops all around and squawking. My dad taught me how to make the cuckoo call and I can always bring one flying around calling at me to go away. This was in France o...
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Celebration of our 5 month family sailing adventure in our Rival34 in which we sailed from UK via the French canals / waterways to Corsica and Sardinia and back via Canal du Midi and the Atlantic coast
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we could then cruise the river all the way to Valence and back. Returning to Buzet, we climbed the staircase locks to the Canal Lateral a la Garonne, before heading east as far as Montech, before turning round and headed west on the Canal Lateral as far as Mas D’Agenais Here we turned for the la...
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A few clips from our 2009 holiday aboard a 'Le Boat' Caprice hireboat in June/ July 2009. ... "French Canals" "Canal boating in France" "Connoisseur Cruisers" "Le Boat" "Chris Dodge" "Denise Dodge"
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boat, climbing the flight of 9 locks to join the Canal Lateral at Montech. From here we headed east to Toulouse, before turning round and heading west towards Castets-en-Dorthe, which we reached a week later, having taken a day out to visit Bordeaux by train. From Castets, we returned to to Mont...
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An afternoon spent cruising on the River Tarn between Moissac and it’s confluence with the River Garonne, aboard a 'Le Boat' Caprice. ... "French Canals" "Canal boating in France" "Connoisseur Cruisers" "Le Boat" "Chris Dodge" "Denise Dodge" "River Tarn"
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A delightful afternoon’s cruise from Buzet to Agen, aboard a Le Boat (formerly Connoisseur Cruisers) Caprice boat in July 2009. ... "French Canals" "Canal boating in France" "Connoisseur Cruisers" "Le Boat" "Chris Dodge" "Denise Dodge"
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from Migennes aboard a Connoisseur Cruisers (now rebranded as 'Le Boat') Classic 1135, we first headed south on the River Yonne as far as Auxerre, and the start of the Canal du Nivernais. This took us to the summit level at Baye (with a spectacular sunset over the Etang de Baye) before descendin...
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