Loing canal 25/8/18 to 9/9/18 and the end of our French travels for 2018. The Loing canal is short and only 49 kms and 19 locks. Often pretty in spots with the river close by. We saw lots of fisherman, more bike riders and walkers going up and down the canal tow paths. The … Continue reading Loing canal to the finish of France 2018
Briare canal 21/8/18 to 25/8/18 This canal is approx. 53 kms long and has 32 locks. We did this canal on Anja as visitors in 2015 , the time when our plans to buy Anja and retire to our life in France and Caravaning in Australia commenced. The canal begins with “ The pont-canal … Continue reading Briare canal 21/8/18 to 25/8/18
Canal lateral a la Loire 4/8/18- 21/8/18 We started this canal at the end of the Canal Centre at Digoin, where after the Pont canal/aqueduct the canal becomes the canal lateral a la Loire. This canal is 196 kms long and 37 locks. We waited here for our visitors, friends we meet in Croatia … Continue reading Canal lateral a la Loire 4/8/18-21/8/18
The Roanne canal is 56 kms and 10 locks and this is each way. It is a dead end canal, so you must come back the same way you came to get out. Some locks are greater than 6 metres and manual, requiring a lock keeper to manually open and shut the gates and the … Continue reading Roanne canal 29/7/18 to 4/8/18
This canal started at the 10 .83 metre lock in our previous blog. This canal runs from the lock before Fragnes through to the Port of Digoin and is 112 kms and 61 locks in total. Our first port of call was Fragnes………….2 nights A great mooring of 400m with electricity and water, however a … Continue reading Canal du centre 18/7/18 to 29/7/2018