Karen’s Travel Blog

Journeys on water and land

canals

  • The River Sambre, the backdoor from Belgium into France

    The river flows north from France into Belgium, eventually joining the Meuse at Namur. Since we were travelling south, we turned right at Charleroi and spent our first night moored at Marchienne. The next day we tackled our first lock (of the 57 locks we would need to navigate to the Canal St. Quentin.) Lock… Read more

  • We made it to Friesland! And onto Groningen

    After over 3 months travelling north we were finally in reach of Friesland. Our first stop for the night was Etchenerburg a small village on the shores of the Tjeukemeer ( a meer is a lake). With a campsite and marina, the town offers a small supermarket, a few restaurants and a chandler, where I… Read more

  • 2024 seasonal summary

    After being on the move for 6 months, we arrived back at our winter port in Brugge on 29th September. With still a month until we would depart for Melbourne, we decide to catch the train to Paris for a few days. Paris Sojourn Travelling with our friends Ann and Julie we stayed in a… Read more

  • Canal Marne au Rhin continued

    My last entry left us in the small port of Demange sur Eau anticipating our voyage through the Mauvages Tunnel. We had spent the last week travelling up out of the Ornain valley to the summit level. After navigating the tunnel we would be descending to the Meuse valley and the city of Toul. The… Read more