Big commercial barges
One of the disadvantages of travelling on the Rivers is when meeting large double barges such as this. Together, they are about 100metres long. The aft barge is pushing the other one and they move fast. Turning circle is huge.
Barging in Europe
Penny and Dave headed off to Europe in April 2010. As well as sightseeing in France and visiting Bernadette and Liz in the Channel Islands, we bought an old 107 year old barge. We will use it to explore France and possibly the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and other parts of Europe.
Friday, 09 July 2010
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The Kerr adventurers are off again. After several forays into the Pacific, we are off to Europe to explore the Canals and Rivers of several countries- starting in France given that two of our daughters live in the Channel Islands, close to the Coast of France.
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- Back Home
- Champagne
- The main streets of Reims are full of cafes
- St Joan of Arc
- Some of the windows in the Cathedral
- Reims Cathedral- front view
- Bern and Steve in Champagne
- Bern and Steve in Champagne
- Market Day in Ay
- Dom Perignon
- British war graves from the battle of the Marne
- Vineyards in the Champagne Region
- Along the Nivernais Canal
- The bridge at Moneteau (on the Yonne)
- A tough life (barging)
- War memorial- Clamecy
- The manual bridge
- Penny cranks the lock gate
- The La Place Ecluse
- La Place
- Nivernais from above
- Naked Nymph
- The Yonne
- Manifestation in Auxerre
- Villaneuve Gate
- Auxerre Skyline
- Oh dear!
- David and his Spanner
- The Joigny skyline
- Abraham's House in Sens
- Relics
- Sens Cathedral
- The pont St Nicholas sur l'Yonne
- Big commercial barges
- Swans on the Yonne
- Problems fixed and up/down the Yonne River
- Leaving Tonnerre tomorrow
- German Solar-Electric
- Energetic Swede
- Waterwheel at Buffon Grande Forges
- Hotel barges
- A bonne Artiste
- Chateau de Tanlay
- Full lock
- Fishing
- Sunset at Ravieres
- The lock keepers' cottages
- Over half way
- Roman ruins at Alesia
- Penny speeding to the bottom of the hill
- Flavigny township
- Us at Port Royal
- Anja at the heart of the Fete du Canal
- Amazing Toueur- electrified towing barge used for 90 years in the tunnel
- Dave at Pouilly
- Penny in Pouilly
- Tour de Cote d'Or
- Above the Pouilly Tunnel
- "Shaken but not stirred"
- The 3.33Km Pouilly Tunnel
- French Countryside
- Crugey
- Chateauneuf
- Veuvey sur Ouche
- Almost at Pouilly
- Barging from St Jean de Losne to Dijon
- Going into the water
- The Roman Theatre
- Celtic Temple of Janus
- Part of the old Hospice at Beaune
- Julius Caesar
- Laverie
- Narrow garden
- "The Source" 2010
- "The Source"
- Beze
- My "three girls"
- Dijon Cathedral
- Dijon covered market
- Labergement Foigney
- Survey complete
- Pressure cleaning in 4degC
- Reverse parking!
- Lifting the barge
- Our Barge
- Back in France
- Guernsey
- VERY fast trains, Guernsey etc
- Picasso
- Sacre Coeur
- Volcanos RULE!
- The lady herself
- Flowers2 on the Champs Elysee
- Flowers1 on the Champs Elysee
- One 450metre long Great Hall of the Louvre
- The END of the Louvre!
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- People looking at the Mona Lisa
- A small part of the Louvre!
- The flirting point (Singapore)
- In Paris
- Ready to leave for Paris
- On the way