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Rising in France the Meuse meanders its way through France and Belgium before draining into the North Sea in the Netherlands. Its total length is 925 km. The river navigable over a substantial part of its length. In Belgium and the Netherlands it is part of an extensive inland navigation infrastructure connecting the Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Antwerp port… Read more
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In no rush we made our way south at a leisurely pace. This is a well worn path, as we have cruised to the Meuse via the Boven Schelde to the Canal du Centre and the Sambre for the past few years, escaping Belgium and heading for France. From Ghent to Oudenaade The port at… Read more
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The first two weeks The sun was out with the promise of another warm summer, but after 6 months there was boat work to address With the aid of the Kacher it took me a day to banish the green mould that covered the boat. The most challenging job was to clean the wheelhouse roof.… Read more
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We fled Lille on the Saturday when the rugby came to town, inflating our hotel price from €180 per night to €700. Our boat was still not ready so we stayed a few days a hotel in Diksmuide until she could return to the water. It is now time to tally up our European adventure… Read more
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In Brussels we farewelled Margaret, who took the train from Brussels Midi to Charles de Gaulle airport and the long flight home. Our last visitor for the season, and soon it will be time for us to leave our summer home. The harbour master at the Brussels Royal Yacht Club recommended a boat engineer to… Read more
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The canal de Sensee was a project developed under Napoleon to link the river Scarpe to the Escault (which in Belgium becomes the Schelde), specifically for the transportation of coal. This commercial canal is 15kms in length, with no suitable moorings. Once we exited the canal we were on the Escault, with another 22kms to… Read more
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The Canal de Nord is 95 kms long from Pont l’Eveque to Arlex. There are 19 locks and 2 tunnels and even though we were on a tight schedule it still took us 4 days to reach the turn off to the Canal Sensee. The construction of the canal commenced in 1908 in response to… Read more
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At this stage I am sad to report not only we’re we still having generator problems, but our house batteries had also died. We could have stayed our course on the Lateral a l’Oise to the St. Quentin canal, but the faster route back north was to motor up the Canal du Nord. It was… Read more
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The river has its source in Belgium and flows in a southerly direction before it joins the Seine at Conflans Sainte Honorine. It has always been regarded as an important transport link between the northern countries and France, although the river was not canalised until 1835. From Longueil Annel the Oise becomes the Lateral a… Read more
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Peter was hoping to leave the port at Arsenal around 8am, in order to avoid the tourist traffic travelling through Paris on the Seine. But as I mentioned in an earlier blog Paris is in full swing preparing for next years Olympics. As the river is going to be a centre piece it is closed… Read more
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